'Parliament' Square


The village's central open space is somewhat scrappy but its northern corner retains an age-blackened wooden pavilion with delicately carved columns plus a newly rebuilt wooden temple inlayed with metallic details including a sun disk and pair of horses optimistically attempting to mate. A stone platform and stepped space provides seating for village assemblies, Malana's 'parliament'.


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