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Close view of a painter adding colorful ornament to a white curved stupa wall beneath a red canopy — Shar Minub Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal — October 2014 — Shar Minub Cremation Stupa — photograph by Tokpa Korlo
A painter in a maroon shirt brushes color onto a white stupa beside blue protective sheeting — Shar Minub Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal — October 2014 — Shar Minub Cremation Stupa — photograph by Tokpa Korlo
Two painters work on a decorated white stupa beneath a red canopy, one seated on a paint bucket — Shar Minub Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal — October 2014 — Shar Minub Cremation Stupa — photograph by Tokpa Korlo
A painter is framed through a red-and-gold arched opening in the stupa — Shar Minub Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal — October 2014 — Shar Minub Cremation Stupa — photograph by Tokpa Korlo
An unpainted dark stupa structure stands within a metal framework beneath a temporary roof — Shar Minub Institute, Kathmandu, Nepal — October 2014 — Shar Minub Cremation Stupa — photograph by Tokpa Korlo

While in Shar Minub, as we were all anxiously waiting for the Kudung to be allowed to finally come to Nepal - I visited the roof every day to watch as the cremation stupa was being built.

SHAR MINUB INSTITUTE, KATHMANDU, NEPAL · OCTOBER 21, 2014

Shar Minub Cremation Stupa

As the days went on, the final touches were being made and it was truly amazing to watch it happen before my eyes; something so beautiful, so meticulously created and painted - and always with the distinct possibility that it couldn't be used if plans fell through.

I was originally asked not to make any of these images public, until the cremation had passed, but now I can share a few images from these final days of preparation. What a labor of love and dedication, these artists were truly incredible to witness, and the transformation is remarkable.

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