Bhaktapur Durbar Square. The image of King Bhupatindra Malla on the plinth gazes towards the Golden Gate, the entrance to the Taleju Temple. Next to the gate is the Palace with 55 windows.
Nyatapola Temple, consecrated in 1702, was built by King Bhupatindra Malla. The five roofs temple is raised on a corresponding number of terraces that dominate the Bhaktapur skyline.
Mahabauddha baha. Opposite the entrance is the shrine with a characteristic façade. It has a carved doorway with torana, a carved cornice between the ground and first storey, typical window-frames with many openings on the first floor, and several short struts which support the windoe-balcony on...
Ajudyoya Baha in Kwathandau Tole in Bhaktapur. It is a large three storey building with a votive stupa, a row of prayer wheels, carved windows and figur struts depicting Pancharaksha Debi, Bhairab, Pancha Buddha, Chaturmaharaja, Saptakshari, Kutakshara and Ashtasiddhika.
Tachupal Tole in Bhakapur is flanked by a series of ornate brick-and-timber buildings that were originally used as math (Hindu priests’ houses). The Pujari Math (on the right), which now serves as the Woodcarving Museum. The building was damage in the 2015 earthquake. Its most famous feature is ...