Indra Chowk and, on the left, Akash Bhairav Temple during the Indra Jatra festival. This most spectacular event lasts eights days, in honour of the rain gods, at the end of the monsoon period. On the right is seen Shiva Mandir, a temple that was totally demolished in the 1934 earthquake and rebu...
Pashupatinath Temple is Nepal’s most sacred Hindu shrine and one of the subcontinent’s greatest Shiva sites, a sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred Bagmati River. The roofs and pediments over the main doors are ...
Bhadrakali Temple, built in the 1817, is believed to be built after Goddess Bhadrakali told the priest to dig the hill where they found her statue. Since then, the temple lies there and is protected by the Nepal Army.
Rani Pokhari or the Queen's Pond dates from the 17th century, and was built by King Pratap Malla on the eastern side of the then city limits. In the background is Durbar School, the first school of Nepal opened in 1892. It was originaly only accessible to the ruling class and was open to th...
