Naryan

Southern veteran Mika Mata’afa has fellow prop Naryan Strickland in support as he challenges the Dunedin defence at Bathgate Park on Saturday.

For Prithvi Naryan Shah to arrive at Hanuman Dhoka Palace on the day of Indra Jatra and touch the feet of the Kumari was a dramatic public relations move, and attempt to ensure that the Valley that he had finally conquered would accept him as king.