Industries

* **Tourism & Hospitality:** The largest industry, encompassing boutique heritage hotels, guided tours, restaurants, and ticketing for monument zones. * **Traditional Arts & Handicrafts:** Production and sale of woodcarvings, metal statues, pottery, and thangka (Buddhist scroll) paintings. * **Heritage Conservation & Construction:** A highly specialized industry focused on restoring ancient structures using traditional materials like sal wood and dachi bapa (traditional bricks). * **Retail Trade:** Bustling markets surrounding the monument squares (like Asan and Indra Chowk) selling everything from spices and textiles to modern electronics. * **Spiritual Services:** The local economy is also driven by religious tourism, with priests, astrologers, and ritual item vendors operating in and around the temples.