Kathmandu Indra Chowk#
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Kathmandu Indra Chowk, February 2015, © Bernd Mader
Indra Chowk is one of the ceremonial market squares and is part of the old India-Tibet trade route that is now a market street.
The square is named after Indra (lord of heaven in Hindu mythology).
Six streets meet here and link the square to Kathmandu's major localities.