The Western end of Bhaktapur’s Royal Palace which is now the National Art Gallery. The entrance is flanked by two guardian lions, one male and one female. Beside the lions is a 17th-century statues of Hanuman the monkey god, in his four-armed Tantric form, and Vishnu as Narsingha.
Dharahara or the Bhimsen Tower was built during the 19th century by Prime Minister Bhimsen Thapa. The tower imitating the Mughal minarets was erected just outside the Kathmandu city walls, where it dominated the city skyline. Dharahara was originally eleven storeys and was damaged in the 1934 ea...