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Bhaktapur
Durbar
Square is
the
royal
residence
of
the
ancient Kingdom
of
Bhaktapur,
1,400
meters
above
sea
level.
The
palace
premises
has
been
granted
the
status
of
a
UNESCO
World
Heritage
Site.
The
Bhaktapur
Durbar
Square
is
situated
in
the
present-day
city of
Bharatpur,
also
known
as
Khwopa,
13
km
east
of
Kathmandu.
Although
the
complex
comprises
of
at
least
four
distinct
squares
(Durbar
Square,
Taumadhi
Square,
Dattatreya
Square,
and
Pottery
Square),
the
whole
region
is
classified
informally
as
Bhaktapur
Durbar
Square.
This
historical
palace
is
a
frequently
visited
location
in
the
Kathmandu
Valley .
Temples
inside
Bhaktapur
Durbar
Square
There
are
many
temples
inside
the
Bhaktapur
Durbar
Square
compound.
Some
of
them
have
been
described
below:
Nyatapola
Temple
In
Newari-language nyatapola means
five
tales-the representation
of
five
fundamental
components. It
is
Nepal's
most
significant
and
tallest
pagoda ever
constructed
with
such
architectural
elegance
and
creative
grace.
The
floor
of
the
temple
is
said
to
be
extended
from
its
middle. The
temple
is
accessible
once
a
year
to
the
public,
during
the
festival
of
Dashain. The
temple
is
devoted
to
Shiddhilaxmi
the
Goddess.
Those
statues
lined
up
on
the
two
sides
of
the
staircase
are
built
as
guardians
of
the
temple
and
the
presiding
goddess,
which
we
can
see
in
five
layers
from
the
base
of
the
temple.
It
is
said
that
it
took
over
three
generations
to
complete
the
Nyatapola
temple.
The
five-storeyed
temple
is
famously
known
as
"Pancha
Tale
Mandira."
Rameshwar
Temple
Rameshwar
Temple,
in
front
of Gopi
Nath
Temple, which
is
a Gum
Baja design,
is
the
first
time
one
sees
on
the
right
of
the
entrance. This
is
an
accessible
temple
devoted
to
Shiva,
with
four
pillars.
The
term
Rameshwar
comes
from
the
fact
that
it
was
Ram
as
a
manifestation
of
Vishnu
who
got
the
first
Mahadev
temple
founded
in
South
India
at
Rameshwar
Temple.
Gopi
Nath
Temple
The
Gopi
Nath
Temple,
attached
to
the
Rameshwar
Temple
which
houses
the
three
deities Balaram,
Subhadra, and Krishna,
are
two
roofed
pagoda
form.
The
deities
are
hard
to
see
because
the
door
stays
entirely
locked. The
temple
is
also
identified
as Jagannath,
another
form
Vishnu
takes.
Dwarka,
also
known
as
the
Temple
of
Krishna,
houses three
deities,
left
to
right: Satyabhama,
Krishna, and Radha.
The
images
are
set
in
cement. The
deities
are
mounted
in
a
palanquin
in
the
month of Mangsir (November
/
December)
and
carried
around
the
city.
Vatsala
Devi
Temple
The
Vatsala
Devi
Temple
is
just
in
front
of
the
Bhaktapur
Durbar
Square
and
adjacent
to
the
King's
head
statue,
and
next
to
the
Taleju
Bell.
This
temple
in
Shikhara
architecture
is
wholly
constructed
in
sandstone
and
is
designed
on
a
three-stage
plinth,
sharing
parallels
with
Patan's
Krishna
Temple.
It
is
devoted
to
Vatsala
Devi,
a
form
of
the
Durga
goddess.
King Jitamitra
Malla originally
founded
this
temple
in
1696
A.D.
However,
the
construction
that
can
be
seen
today
was
restored
by King
Bhupatindra
Malla during
the
late
17th
or
early
18th
century.
Behind
the
Vatsala
Devi
temple
is
a
water
source
called Dhunge
Dhara and
next
to
it
stands
the Chayslin
Mandap.
Kedarnath
Temple
The
temple
built
of
Shikara
type
terracotta
is
the Temple
of
Kedarnath (Shiva).
Badrinath
Temple
A
tiny
temple
inside
the
Bhaktapur
Durbar
Square
is
locally
known
as Badri
Narayan and
lies
to
the
west
of
the
Gopi
Nath
Temple.
This
temple
is
devoted
to
Lord
Vishnu
and
Narayan.
Bhairava
Nath
Temple
The Temple
of
Bhairab
Nath is
devoted
to Bhairava,
Lord
Shiva's
fiercest
incarnation.
Mini
Pashupati
Temple
It
is
assumed
that
the
holy
god
Shiva
temple,
the
mini
Pashupati ,
was
constructed
right
in
front
of
the
Durbar
Square
after
a
Bhadgoan
king
thought
about
it.
Erotic
Elephant's
Temple
A
hiti
(water
tank)
is
on
the
left
just
before
the
entrance
into
the
square.
There
is
a
tiny
double-roofed
Shiva-Parvati
Temple
with
some
romantic
carvings
on
its
struts
a
few
steps
before
the
water
tank
but
on
the
other
side
of
the
path,
only
100
m
before
the
entrance.
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