Bhaktapur Nepal

Bhaktapur
City in Nepal

It is an ancient city in the east corner of the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Bhaktapur also known as Khwopa. It is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO for its rich culture, temples, and wood, metal and stone artworks.

How to Reach Bhaktapur

From Kathmandu Ratna park bus stop You will see mini bus is calling "Nagarkot, Bhaktapur". Actually this Bus is not going to Nagarkot. With this bus you can easily come to Saullughati, Bhaktapur. Buses will take 25 Rupees and 45 minutes to reach.

Tourist Places in Bhaktapur

It will take half a day to visit all places in Bhaktapur.

Kailashnath Mahadev

Hindu Temple

This is the world's tallest Lord Shiva statue. According to the List of statues by height, Kailashnath Mahadev is the world's fortieth-tallest statue situated near Sanga bus stop.
How to go: From Sallughati Bus Stop you have to go by bus to Sanga Bus stop. Fare 20 Rupees. From Surya Vinayak Bus stop to Sanga bus fare 15 Rupees.
From Sanga bus stop, go to left uphill walk.
Entry Fee: There is a gate who takes 100 Rupees to entrance of their park. But don't go. There is a left side road which goes to Kailashnath back side. If you go that way, you need not to pay.


From Sanga Bus Stop by bus come to Surya Vinayak by bus, fare 15 Rupees. Just cross the road then walk 700 meters and go to Taumadhi Square & Nyatapola Temple.

Taumadhi Square of Bhaktapur

Historical Place

Taumadhi Square is one of the most strategic square in town, since many hotels, restaurant, and shops were here. This one is dominated by the tallest temple in Nepal. The five storey Nyatapola Temple. Climb the steep stairs for a fantastic view across rooftops to the mountains beyond. On the left is Bhairava Temple. Near the temple, there are two huge chariot wheels. These are from a chariot used in the Bisket festival each April. From here it is a short walk on to potter square.

Nyatapola Temple

Historical Landmark

At Taumadhi square The height of this five stories temple is at about 30 meters tall. It is one of the tallest temple in all around Kathmandu Valley, and the tallest one in Bhaktapur built by King Bhupatindra Malla in 1702 A.D. The staircase has giant statues of animals on both sides.


Walk 700 meters right to Peacock window & Dattatreya temple.

Dattatreya Square

Historcal Place

Dattatreya Square is another famous site where you can see many Hindu monasteries called maths and temple and museums. The three-story pagoda-style Dattatreya Temple, with statue of the Hindu deity was built by King Yaksha Malla in 1428. It is claimed that the building was constructed from a single piece of wood from one tree. The Pujari Math, which houses the Woodcarving Museum and dates back to the early 15th century, is adorned with the intricately carved Peacock Window. The Chikanpha Math, across the street, houses the Brass and Bronze Museum, with its collection of ancient Malla housewares and ritual metalware.

The Peacock Window

Wooden Window

The Peacock Window, which is also called the "Mona Lisa of Nepal", is a rare masterpiece in wood. dating back to the early 15th century, the unique latticed window has an intricately carved peacock in its center. The window adorns the Pujari Math which, with rows of exquisitely carved windows and doors, is equally appealing. The building presently houses the Woodcarving Museum.


Come back to Nyatapola Temple and go to Durbar (pronunciation: Dorbaar) Square.

Bhaktapur Durbar Square

Historical Landmark

Inside the premises, you will see many temple. For earthquake many temples are under construction.

Pashupatinath Temple

Hindu Temple

The bell-of barking dogs>

You can see on main chowk of Bhaktapur Darbar square a big bronze bell, known to local residents as "the bell-of barking dogs," as when it is rung, dogs in the vicinity begin barking and howling. The colossal bell was hung by King Ranjit Malla in 1737 AD and was used to sound the daily curfew. It is nowadays rung every morning when goddess Taleju is worshiped.

The Palace of Fifty-five Windows

Palace

The Palace of Fifty-five Windows located in the centre of Bhaktapur Durbar square was built by King Bhupatindra Malla, but not completed until 1754 during the reign of Jaya Ranjit Malla, who was the last of the Bhaktapur Malla kings. This palace is named the Palace of Fifty-Five Windows because it has fifty-five carved wooden windows on its facade. This palace is built around a number of inner courtyards that are linked together. It is said that there were 99 courtyards originally but only nine of them are present today.
Another remarkable feature of this palace is the main entrance gate, called "The Golden Gate”. King Jayastithi Malla later added this gate to the palace in the early eighteenth century. This gate is decorated by gold plated embossed metal work. It leads to the first courtyard of the palace.
This palace showing up ancient architecture well preserved as part of ancient city .and amazing to have different window for each and very detailed and find carving of windows. this building is adjacent to golden gate and next to many other temples.

The Golden Gate

Palace Gate

The Golden gate is the entrance of the 55 windows Royal Palace which is one of the main attractions of Bhaktapur.This beautiful gate built by King Ranjit Malla in 1753.The door is surmounted by a figure of the goddess Kali and Garuda (the mythical man – bird) and attended by two heavenly nymphs. Its also called Sun dhoka it means in Nepali Sun Gate.

Nag Pokhari

Royal bath

Inside Golden Gate you can see Nag pokhari. Nag in Nepali means serpent and pokhari means pond.This place was surrounded by good environment. Nag pokhari was more beautiful than other pokharis. There were statue of Nag in the middle of ponds which was made of metal.Its says that royal people used to take bath on this pond but there was no water in it so nobody can take bath now.

National Art Gallery

Museum

Inside the gallery, collection of paintings and murals from the days of dominance of Buddhism. There are some very old paintings that are known as Thangakas. Buddhist monks used these paintings for concentration at the time of prayers. These oil-on-canvas paintings are very old and dates back to Mallas era. Then there are stone-carved figures that dates back to Licchhavis and Mallas era. Most of these figures are of Hindu and Buddhist deities and, as typical of that era, have sexual overtones. The second floor is entirely dedicated to historical chronicles and manuscripts. These documents belong to various monarchs from Rana and Shah dynasties and provide a deep insight in to the political, cultural, social and economical conditions of that era. Some of the documents are classified and are not on public display.

Entry Fee: 150 Rupees for forigner, 100 Rupees for camera and 200 Rupees> for movie camera. 50 Rupees for SAARC countries and 75 Rupees for camera and 150 Rupees for movie camera. 25 Rupees for Nepali and 50 Rupees for camera and 100 Rupees for movie camera.


Bhaktapur to Nagarkot:
You will see gate at the (West side) left side of Museum. Come out and walk, turn right and walk, you will see gate and down stairway. Then Go to Kamal Binayak where Nagarkot Bus Stand is. Go to Nagarkot by bus. Buses are overcrowded. It will take almost 1.30 hours to go to Nagarkot. Bus fare 50 Rupees.





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