Indra Kaji Shilpakar (Male, 70) is master wood craftsman who has worked extensively across the Kathmandu Valley.
He is passionate about the craft and has a workshop in his home in Khauma Tole, which he designed and constructed incorporating old and new influences.
LEGEND
Extracted information from interviews mapped as three layers-
Memory, Childhood, Residence, Neighbourhood.
Locations and buildings cited as important for daily/ weekly/ritual activity relating to self.
Locations and buildings cited as important for tourism/ heritage/ Bhaktapur/ relating to others
Mental Map
DATTATREYA
DURBAR SQUARE
KHAUMA
TAUMADHI
Indra Kaji Shilpakar
She has drawn his own home at the top of the drawing, navigating from it. His focus is on the temples within his tole- the Indrayani temple and the Narayan temple which only exists as temple plinth and idols He has also drawn out the Khauma Gate and the Malla House specifically as landmarks. The paths are depicted fairly accurately and though this is very small part of the city, it is spatially scaled.