Nepal, Feb. 7 -- 'Wall Paintings of Panauti and Their Context' is a research-based book on the 17th-century religious frescoes in Panauti, published by Panauti Municipality. The book is authored by Emeritus research director Gerard Toffin, former director of the Department of Archaeology Riddhi Baba Pradhan, and senior chemist at the Department of Archaeology Bhimvar Singh Thapa.

The book starts with a foreword from Toffin with a brief overview of Panauti's paintings. In this segment, he also discusses the change of mural arts throughout time, quoting, "In contemporary times, especially after the 2008 transition from the centuries-old Nepalese monarchy to a federal democratic republic, political or purely ornamental murals have been taki...