Namaste

The Namaste Grocery Mural lives on the Namaste Grocery and was painted by Shira Walinsky. The Namaste Grocery is an important site as it is the first Nepali grocery store in Philadelphia. The store provides many foods and spices from home for the Nepali/Bhutanese refugee communities. The image on the mural is the Paro Taktsang monastery in Bhutan, an image many refugee families are familiar with. The eyes on the lower portion of the mural are Buddha’s eyes as seen on another temple in Nepal. The eyes symbolize peace and were requested by the store owner.

Location Note: Mural no longer on view at this location (painted out ca. 2022).