Glimpses of Hanumandhoka Durbar Square in Ktm

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu: Feb 27

The artistic views at the Hanumandhoka Durbar Square in Kathmandu, which is enlisted under the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is one of 10 UNESCO heritage sites in Nepal.

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'No democracy in reality, only bullying culture'

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu, February 19

Several rounds of big iron balls were fired through cannons at this dawn and two helicopters were flown round by over the sky of Kathmandu at around 10:45 am to celebrate the 60th Democracy Day formally. However, at the same time, ordinary people hardly feel the practice of democracy in reality in the country.

Hundreds of people sacrificed their lives for the democracy and people's rights in the history of nation. People fought with despotic Rana regime 60 years ago to bring democracy. It was again taken over 48 years ago by then king Mahendra.

After struggle for many years, democracy was revived in 1990, which failed again creating chaos in favour of monarchy to capture the power. People struggled once again in 2007 and abolished monarchy, establishing federal republic democracy in the country. Today is the very day of Democracy to remind the freedom and assurance of people's rights.

Sriju Shrestha, a student of Bachelor in Engineering at Advanced College, Kupondole in Lalitpur, said that she could not experience existence of true democracy in the country. "Democracy exists only in word and slogan here," Shrestha said. "The dreams of hundreds of martyrs are shattered due to the sheer negligence of political parties in power."

"Wherever I go I experience bullying and undemocratic culture. The government offices, which are most responsible bodies to ensure democratic practices, are most undemocratic institutions," said Shrestha. "So I never like to visit the government offices," she added.

Hailed from Kavre, Sitaram Chhetry, 12-year boy who abandoned his home and parents due to the poverty three months ago, spent wintry nights on the streets at Ratna Park for a month. "Now, I clean dishes at an inn for my livelihood," he said. "Two of my friends, who came along with me here, are passing hard times."

When asked him about the Democracy Day, he retorted that he had heard it. "But I don't know what the democracy is," he said. Like Chhetry, thousands of children are forced to live life under the open sky in the country.

Bhesh Raj Paudel, an owner of retailer at Ason, said that the country was ruled in anarchy corruption, lawlessness and violation of human rights. "The people in power have done whatever they like while ordinary people are unjustly oppressed," he said. "Nobody cares about people here. Neither there is peace and security nor any working opportunity to people," he added.

Sabita Neupane, a teacher of Valley view School at Baneshwor, said the country was running without democratic system. "There is no democracy, freedom to rights and speech. We will be insecure if we speak truth," she said. "The expired and substandard commodities are sold at the uncontrolled markets recklessly," she added. "I feel lack of law and order system. People and government both should abide by the law and order in democracy."

Legal expert Prof Dr Rajit Bhakta Pradhananga said state of law and order was very weak. "There will be no democracy in reality by writing in constitution alone until a system of rule of law is established from government to people," he said. "Crime is rising alarmingly following unexpected course of peace after conflict in the country," he added.

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Outer Ring Road unlikely to come to existence

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu, February 16

Outer Ring Road, an ambitious project of the government to develop Kathmandu Valley, has turned to a far cry after locals refused to provide land for the pooling process. The problem was complicated after the Newa: Mukti Morcha (NMM) backed up the locals, even who invaded the public land en route to proposed ring road.

According to the Ministry of Physical Planning and Works (MoPPW), the project that was launched five years ago conceived a 66km ring road, crossing through Sallaghari of Bhaktapur, in the outer part of the Kathmandu Valley. The 66+6km long ring road covering Bhaktapur inside has been proposed as the second option of the project.

“The project is almost impossible to come to existence after the locals refused to provide land in course of land-pooling for the ring road,” said Tulasi Prasad Sitaula, joint-secretary at the MoPPW. “Everything has been halted for last five months,” he said.

The feasibility study of the Outer Ring Road was carried out with the Chinese support three years ago. The proposed ring road covers 550m width of land including 50m road and 250m of space with greenery in both sides each.

Following long discussions and settlement of various problems, the MoPPW began to work in the section of Chovar to Satungal of Kathmandu two years ago. Additionally, a 300m tunnel through the Nagarjun jungle was also already agreed upon.

“We are unable to buy all the land necessary for the ring road,” said Sitaula. “If people cooperated with us, they would take advantage of the project utmost,” he added.

If foreign assistance is invested in the project, Rs 200 million will be spent to construct 1km of the road. “If we construct ourselves, it will not cost of more than Rs 70 million per kilometer road construction,” he said.

People who have encroached public land protested the plan rejecting to cooperate with the land pooling process. “It was planned to pool land and distribute managed sites to the people. However, there is no progress at all,” said Sitaula. “If the problem is politically solved, there may be a way out to move ahead,” he said.

Pawan Man Shrestha, general secretary of the NMM, said that it was the question of federalism and conservation of open land. “Flow of people has already overcrowded the valley. All land should not be covered with houses,” said Shrestha. “We have to develop infrastructure for the existing population and as per the need of locals instead of creating problem by adding crowd of people,” he added.

Disappointed Sitaula argued that it was better to develop link roads from the city centre to outskirts of the valley before working on outer ring road. “Outer Ring Road will be defunct without managed link roads to the existing inner ring road,” he said. The present inner ring road has a length of 28km encircling main city areas.

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Moments at Pashupatinath during Mahashivaratri

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu: Pashupatinath Temple falls under the World Heritage Site enlisted by the UNESCO. There are eight cultural world heritage sites and two natural heritage sites in Nepal.

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5.5 lakh throng Pashupatinath for Mahashivaratri

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu, February 12

Number of visitors and devotees at Pashupatinath Temple on the Mahashivaratri went higher by nearly 40 per cent than in the previous years following well management and tight security situation along with increased facilities. Despite rain for about three hours in the afternoon and a few burglaries, devotees thronged the Pashupatinath with their faith in sanatan Hindu religion.

According to the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), more than 550,000 visitors paid homage to the temple. However, number of sages, sadhus and visitors from India decreased this year because of the Kumbha Fair coinciding with other big fairs in India, said Sushil Nahata, member secretary of the PADT.

In the previous years, only one door of the temple was used to be open for worshiping. But this time, all the four doors were open for visitors. Another privilege of paying ticket of Rs 1,000, which was first time delivered, additionally attracted the visitors. About 2,000 tickets were sold this time, said Rajendra Dhar, coordinator of the media centre that was set up first time.

PREZ, EX-KING VISIT the TEMPLE 

KATHMANDU: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav paid homage to Lord Pashupatinath today on the auspicious occasion of the Mahashivaratri. President Yadav arrived at 5:25 PM and returned at 5:37 PM after worshipping at the temple. Dr Yadav said that he wished successful conclusion and timely statute writing. “It is the need of time to write constitution in time and conclude peace process successfully,” he said on the occasion of Mahashivaratri.  

Following President’s visit, former king Gyanendra Shah visited temple at about quarter past 7:00 PM and worshiped as usual. Shah stayed at the temple for about half an hour to complete the rituals of worshiping. Speaking briefly with media, Shah wished peace and progress of the nation. “We worshipped wishing peace and prosperity of the country,” he added.

Ordinary people were blocked for visiting temple during both of President’s and Shah’s visits. --

Devotee Suyasana Shrestha, who came from New Road with her family members, was happy with ticketing system and cooperation from the volunteers in the area. “We experienced easier moments avoiding long rows after we got the privilege of paying tickets,” she said.

Other visitors expressed qualms over the serpent-like rows to reach temple. “I am following row for about four hours to enter the south gate of the temple,” said Gita Karki from Bhaisepati in Lalitpur. “However, it was better than the previous years,” she added.

However, PADT, which offered Prasad for every visitors first time, officials claimed that it did not took more than two hours in reaching to the temple. Another local visitor Ambika Bhatta from around the temple area criticised the paying system to worship god.

Although having hashish and opium strictly restricted in the area for ordinary people, a bulk of youths were seen puffing hashish along with sadhus and sages, who are permitted to have as Prasad of Shiva. An Assistant Sub-Inspector on duty at Mrigasthali said it was impossible to control it without the government’s will.

EGO CLASH BETWEEN POLICE & SCOUT
KATHMANDU: A tense environment was created at Pashupatinath Temple after volunteers of Nepal Scout and officials of Nepal Police misunderstood each other with the ego clashes. Nepal Scout volunteers blamed DIG Binod Singh of Traffic Police misbehaving the volunteers while entering to the temple. “DIG Singh was entering the temple with his family members, violating the rules set by police themselves. When we asked his family members to show official IDs, they demeaned us by asking our status,” said Scout Master Ranjan Lal Shrestha. “We were asked—What is your status to ask our IDs,” he claimed. When DIG family was en route to out, slogans were chanted against DIG. It was widely reported that Scout volunteers were also misbehaving the visitors enquiring them more than necessary. --

PADT and volunteering organisations managed food, accommodations and refreshment services to the needy visitors from different places. Health workers and camps provided the free services and medicine to the people who fell ill during standing on row. About 200 people including two serious cases were treated yesterday and today.

Dr Minendra Rijal, Minister of Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture, said that the programme was successful. “Everything including security services were well managed this year,” said Rijal, who is chairman of PADT.

Mahashivaratri Festival 2010 was jointly organised by PADT, Indian Embassy and Nepal Manv Sewa Dharma Samiti. The festival is being observed from February 11-13.

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5.5 lakh throng Pashupatinath for Mahashivaratri

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu, February 12

Number of visitors and devotees at Pashupatinath Temple on the Mahashivaratri went higher by nearly 40 per cent than in the previous years following well management and tight security situation along with increased facilities. Despite rain for about three hours in the afternoon and a few burglaries, devotees thronged the Pashupatinath with their faith in sanatan Hindu religion.

According to the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), more than 550,000 visitors paid homage to the temple. However, number of sages, sadhus and visitors from India decreased this year because of the Kumbha Fair coinciding with other big fairs in India, said Sushil Nahata, member secretary of the PADT.

In the previous years, only one door of the temple was used to be open for worshiping. But this time, all the four doors were open for visitors. Another privilege of paying ticket of Rs 1,000, which was first time delivered, additionally attracted the visitors. About 2,000 tickets were sold this time, said Rajendra Dhar, coordinator of the media centre that was set up first time.

PREZ, EX-KING VISIT the TEMPLE 

KATHMANDU: President Dr Ram Baran Yadav paid homage to Lord Pashupatinath today on the auspicious occasion of the Mahashivaratri. President Yadav arrived at 5:25 PM and returned at 5:37 PM after worshipping at the temple. Dr Yadav said that he wished successful conclusion and timely statute writing. “It is the need of time to write constitution in time and conclude peace process successfully,” he said on the occasion of Mahashivaratri.  

Following President’s visit, former king Gyanendra Shah visited temple at about quarter past 7:00 PM and worshiped as usual. Shah stayed at the temple for about half an hour to complete the rituals of worshiping. Speaking briefly with media, Shah wished peace and progress of the nation. “We worshipped wishing peace and prosperity of the country,” he added.

Ordinary people were blocked for visiting temple during both of President’s and Shah’s visits. --

Devotee Suyasana Shrestha, who came from New Road with her family members, was happy with ticketing system and cooperation from the volunteers in the area. “We experienced easier moments avoiding long rows after we got the privilege of paying tickets,” she said.

Other visitors expressed qualms over the serpent-like rows to reach temple. “I am following row for about four hours to enter the south gate of the temple,” said Gita Karki from Bhaisepati in Lalitpur. “However, it was better than the previous years,” she added.

However, PADT, which offered Prasad for every visitors first time, officials claimed that it did not took more than two hours in reaching to the temple. Another local visitor Ambika Bhatta from around the temple area criticised the paying system to worship god.

Although having hashish and opium strictly restricted in the area for ordinary people, a bulk of youths were seen puffing hashish along with sadhus and sages, who are permitted to have as Prasad of Shiva. An Assistant Sub-Inspector on duty at Mrigasthali said it was impossible to control it without the government’s will.

EGO CLASH BETWEEN POLICE & SCOUT
KATHMANDU: A tense environment was created at Pashupatinath Temple after volunteers of Nepal Scout and officials of Nepal Police misunderstood each other with the ego clashes. Nepal Scout volunteers blamed DIG Binod Singh of Traffic Police misbehaving the volunteers while entering to the temple. “DIG Singh was entering the temple with his family members, violating the rules set by police themselves. When we asked his family members to show official IDs, they demeaned us by asking our status,” said Scout Master Ranjan Lal Shrestha. “We were asked—What is your status to ask our IDs,” he claimed. When DIG family was en route to out, slogans were chanted against DIG. It was widely reported that Scout volunteers were also misbehaving the visitors enquiring them more than necessary. --

PADT and volunteering organisations managed food, accommodations and refreshment services to the needy visitors from different places. Health workers and camps provided the free services and medicine to the people who fell ill during standing on row. About 200 people including two serious cases were treated yesterday and today.

Dr Minendra Rijal, Minister of Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture, said that the programme was successful. “Everything including security services were well managed this year,” said Rijal, who is chairman of PADT.

Mahashivaratri Festival 2010 was jointly organised by PADT, Indian Embassy and Nepal Manv Sewa Dharma Samiti. The festival is being observed from February 11-13.

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Home Ministry 'deception' on fire-engine deal surfaced

Bishnu Prasad Aryal

Kathmandu, February 3

Owing to the negligence of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the fire engines used as emergency tool to put out fire in accidents are in dire situation. The newest fire engine operated in valley was brought to use 24 years ago.

The MoHA handed over the management of Juddha Barun Yantra Office to two municipals in Thamandu Valley, signing an agreement on May 11 to be implemented before mid-July. According to the agreement, the MoHA agreed to provide two new fire engines to each of the municipals along with operational and managerial cost for maintaining old and new engines.

“Neither a single fire engine has been purchased yet nor the old ones are functional,” said Ashok Shrestha, senior officer at the Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City. “The MoHA handed over the problem to us,” he told this daily. “If any casualty occurs, we will be unable to send fire engine on the spot,” he added.

The JBYO has been operating five fire engines in the valley—two in Kathmandu Metropolitan City, one in LSMC and two in BhaktapurMunicipality. However, Bhaktapur did not sign the agreement and rejected to take responsibility of the fire engine management.

KATHMANDU: Fire engines being used in KMC are replaced with Sajha bus engines. Fire engines in KMC have been operated with bus engines, said Rajendra Giri, deputy chief of Juddha Barun Yantra Office, established during Ranas 64 years ago. “All the fire engines in valley are in a sorry state. If the government provides fund to purchase it immediately, it will take at least six months to buy new engines,” he added. --

The LSMC owned three engines—one was sold to garage earlier, second was already damaged and third one is functionless and hard to repair. The German engine presently used at LSMC was handed over 35 years ago.

“This engine hasn’t been working for last two weeks,” said Rajendra Giri, deputy chief at the JBYO. “We rushed to put off fire at Imadol two weeks ago. We just poured first lot of water and rushed to carry water second time, engine went out of function,” he added. “Rs 4.2 million provided by Ministry of Finance for maintenance has gone useless as repairing engines are available only in Germany.”

Giri informed that fire engines form KMC was called when a house was set in fire at Bhainsepati in Lalitpur a week ago. “We don’t like to work here as we are left to see people burning on fire while in emergency,” he said. “On the other hand, no engine at the office is in good condition.

The manpower crunch stands as another hurdle at JBYO. There are only 11 personnel out of 33 positions. MoHA in agreement assured to recruit 22 personnel but to no avail.

“We have drafted a letter today urging the MoHA to implement the agreement,” said Shrestha. “We will dispatch it tomorrow, demanding funds for the purchase of fire engines,” he added.

However, MoHA reacted on it saying it was not its concern. “The budget allocated in the last fiscal was already frozen. Now it is the responsibility of Ministry of Local Development and MoF to buy fire engines,” said Jaya Mukunda Khanal, spokesperson for the MoHA

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Sages smeared in hues throng for Mahahivaratri

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu, January 29

They emerge in all hues, appearances and semblance around Pashupatinath. Their rugged appearances, matted hair, and smeared body with ash resemble the perfect disciple of Lord Shiva. There will be droves of them at Pashupati during Mahashivaratri, the night of Lord Shiva on February 12, exhibiting strange and bizarre conduct and behaviour.

These people have renounced all the worldly pleasures and comforts and want to find solace by praying Lord Shiva and experience sartori in hemp and marijuana, and making wild merriment replicating the Dynossiac culture of medieval Greece. Drug addicts also throng the shrine to have intoxicated in on the very occasion.

Sushil Nahata, member-secretary of the Pashupati Area Development Trust (PADT), said the sages have started arriving, earlier than a week than previous years. “This year will be different from past years in every thing. Mysterious great sadhus like Chandra Swami will also be here”
They are treated as guests and housed and fed for free. Elaborate preparations are being made to cater to thousands of their tribe who will be visiting the Pashupatinath Temple for the festival, making the pilgrims feel homely and facilitate them whatever they need.

“Accommodations for the yogis and the beggars will be separately arranged,” said Bhola Prasad Sitaula, director of PADT.

Sadhus are welcome lots. But there will be beggars as uninvited guests. Hundreds of beggars have already arrived - some of them in unimaginably wretched state. They are found all over the Pashupati area with hopes for generosity from the devotees who come there.

Nahata said that the beggars always outnumber the Sadhus. “Still by treating them as pilgrims we will do whatever we can,” he said.

The sages and the beggars will be settled separately, and that will be managed by the PADT and other organisations from the private sectors. All the necessary security facilities will be provided to the visitors. For that, security posts and camps will be set up mobilising the police and the army to control possible mobs in the adjoining areas of Pashupatinath Temple.

Number of devotees is increasing every year. At least half a million pilgrims and other visitors are expected for Shivaratri this year – 25 per cent more than last year. It is estimated that the number of sages alone will exceed 5,000 this year coinciding with Kumbha Mela in Kavre, Hridwar and Kuruchhetra, said Raj Babu Pandey, chief of the Pashupati Guthi. More than 150 sages and yogis have already arrived from India. The Naga Babas (naked sages), one of the attractions of Shivaratri, will come soon.

The accommodation facilities will be provided free to all the sages and beggars during the celebration. When they leave, they are bid farewell with rudrakshya, clothes, sweet and cash ranging from Rs 350 to Rs. 1,100.

The Sadhus are provided with logs for bonfire during the cold February nights and marijuana as a 'prasad' of Lord Shiva while they remain here. “However, we are facing difficulty in getting logs. While we need some 60,000 logs, we have only 15,000 pieces,” Pandey said.

Twelve different subcommittees have been formed aiming to make the festival successful and different than the previous years.

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Waste management in all municipals toothless

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu, January 23

Almost all the municipalities, which are taken as better developed cities and towns, in the country are operated without any proper management of waste and landfill sites. The Local Self Governance Act has kept mum regarding the landfill site and proper management of garbage as a source of income.

According to the Ministry of Local Development, of 58 municipalities across the nation, only Kathmandu Metropolitan City, Lalitpur Sub-Metropolitan City, Pokhara Sub-Metropolitan City and Tribhuvan Municipality (Ghorahi), Dang have been using landfill sites to dispose garbage.

Neither the central government nor the local ones initiated measures to resolve the garbage problem in the cities and towns, said Bidur Mainali, general secretary of the Municipal Association Nepal. "The government should formulate visionary and scientific policies to address the problem regarding the environment and people's health," he said.

Twenty-two towns were en masse declared municipals in 1997. Earlier, there were 36 municipals while other 41 new municipals are awaiting the government nod for approval.

Dinesh Kumar Thapaliya, spokesperson for the MoLD, said that there was no specific provision of garbage management in the existing laws. "Population, income, electricity and communication, and infrastructure development are mandatory elements to be a municipal," he told THT. "Without any other detail, the present law has provisioned only collection, transportation and dumping of the waste," he added.

"Garbage must be used as a source of income at the present context while managing waste," Thapaliya said. "The government should allocate funds to manage waste in the local bodies," he added. "The new amendment bill on Waste Management, which is shelved in the cabinet since early 2009, has included concept of proper waste management."

The stories of Biratnagar Sub-Metropolitan City, Birgung Sub-Metropolitan City and Dharan Municipality about waste management are pathetic. BSMC purchased a plot of land for landfill site in 2001 but the Armed Police Force has been using the land since 2004. BSMC has been dumping refuse on a public place in a sorry state.

Sixteen municipalities are using forest lands for disposing garbage, which has been critically objected, said Mainali. "Remaining municipals have been depositing refuse anywhere they like," he said. "Bhaktapur, Madhyapur Thimi and Kirtipur municipals in Kathmandu Valley are forced to throw waste on river banks and public places."

Dr Sumitra Amatya, General Manager of the Solid Waste Management and Resource Mobilisation Centre, said they were inspecting the municipals of the country. "With the help from UN Habitat, we designed landfill sites for Ghorahi, Dhankuta, Janakpur, Baglung and Tansen but it is yet to be implemented except in Ghorahi and Dhankuta," she said. "US$ 365,000 has been allocated for 10 additional municipals for landfill site management."

Of the total fund, SWMRMC will bear 35 per cent, while UN Habitat 45 per cent and concerned municipality 20 per cent. "We are going to expand this project to 10 more municipals soon," she added.

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Dilapidated temple of Manakamana being rebuilt

Bishnu Prasad Aryal
Kathmandu, January 19

The widely famous temple of goddess Manakamana, which is on verge of collapse, is being utterly renovated. The centuries old temple will be dismantled and restructured preserving the originality based on historical and cultural values.

Located at Manakamana VDC in Gorkha district, the temple of Manakamana Bhagawati, a very popular Hindu pilgrimage of the country where some 7,000 devotees visit shrine daily, is believed to have the power to fulfill wishes. The temple has bent six inches down to south, shaken by quakes in 1934 and 1988.

Dr Minendra Rijal, Minister for Federal Affairs, Constituent Assembly, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture, said the ministry had initiated the process of renovation from today. "The renovation of the temple will start within the current fiscal year as soon as possible," he said exclusively.

KATHMANDU: A meeting held between the representatives and officials from the MoFACAPAC and Manakamana Temple reached to a conclusion to form different committees for renovation of Manakamana Temple. They proposed an Advisory Board headed by Minister, a Steering Committee coordinated by secretary and a Working Committee led by MADC. "There will be four committees under the working committee namely Financial Management Committee, Technical Committee, Worshipping and Security Management Committee, and Public Relation Committee," secretary Mod Raj Dotel floated concept. Another round of discussion will be held at Manakamana in Gorkha on January 27. --

A delegation including priest of temple, chairman of the Manakamana Area Development Committee, CDO and local development officer from Gorkha district met today with Minister Rijal, who assured to carry out renovation project sooner. A team from Department of Archaeology and Guthi Corporation also joined the meeting.

Bishnu Raj Karki, Director General of DoA, presented a study report on the renovation, estimating a cost of about Rs 25 million. "The inner parts of temple walls are rotten, hollow and crumbled by mice. The renovation will take two fiscal years to complete," he said.

According to the ministry, funds will be managed by the government, MADC, donations from devotees and other resources.

Deenesh Joshi, chairman of MADC, said the government should enforce its order to make the donations offered from devotees transparent. "Upto Rs 30,000 is offered daily. However, the MADC receives no penny," he said.

Priest Insan Thapa Magar said that he had deposited Rs 2 million in the bank collected from donations and was ready to help maintain transparency. "I don't object transparency but I should be paid for livelihood of my family," he added. "I am also ready to collect funds to renovate the temple."

The legend of Manakamana dates back to the period of Gorkha king Ram Shah (1614-1636 AD). Story says: His queen possessed divine powers revealed only to her devotee and religious preceptor, Lakhan Thapa Magar. Once, the king chanced upon revelation of his queen as goddess and Lakhan as a lion. As soon as he told the queen what he saw, king died.

When the queen approached funeral pyre to commit sati as was the custom back then, she consoled lamenting Lakhan by saying she would reappear soon near his home. After six months, a farmer ploughing field hit stone, cleaved it and saw blood and milk flow forth. When the news spread, Lakhan knew that his wish came true. The flow ceased as Lakhan worshipped it using his tantric knowledge. Then ruling king of Gorkha donated land along with grant to perpetuate worship of Manakamana.

Present Thapa-Magar priest is the 17th generation descendant of Lakhan Thapa. The four-storey temple on a square pedestal has pagoda style roofs, and the entrance is marked by one stone, the sacrificial pillar.

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