Nepal, July 2 -- After literally making her mark in American cities with 'calligrafitti', artist Sneha Shrestha is back home to rediscover her roots and give new meaning to her murals.

Shrestha is in Nepal to complete an installation named 'Traveling Chautari' in Lo Manthang which is a large portable bamboo tent on which Shrestha painted the roof (pictured, right). The project is a collaboration between an Italian art collective, Abari architecture, Siddhartha Art Foundation, among others.

"I am interested in what makes a place feel sacred, what goes into creating an immersive atmosphere," says Shrestha, a feeling she finds in Nepal's mandir and gumba but also in mosques in Turkiye. "The Lo Manthang project draws from the idea of a Cha...