July 2: ‘Inheritance Sculpture Exhibition’ reflecting the culture of Hinduism and Buddhism has concluded on Friday, June 29. The exhibition which started on June 15 at Nepal Art Council, Kathmandu, showcased different sculptures crafted by senior artist Chandra Shyam Dangol.

Dangol, who is also the proprietor of Khokana Stone Carving, said that around 10,000 visitors observed the stone crafts during the exhibition. Seventeen different religious and cultural crafts including Boudha Stupa, Chiva, Manjushree, Laxmi, Lokeshwor, Ganesh, Panas, Sukunda etc were the major attraction of the exhibition.

According to Dangol, the exhibition aimed to preserve the ancient craft of sculpture which is on the decline and also to prevent theft of ancient sculpture. He further said that the exhibition was organised to make the world know about Nepali stone crafts and sculpture and also to inform the coming generations about their own art.

Dangol, who has been engaged in this sector since he was 25 years, had also participated in Shanghai World Expo 2010 held in China.