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Kathmandu Durbar Square

Here one sees the old residence of Nepalese royalty, Hanuman Dhoka (the Monkey God’s Gate) Palace which also houses a museum and where the “kot” massacre, mentioned above in “Brief History…”), took place (you can see the original drain along which the blood flowed). Hanuman Dhoka is surrounded by a plethora of temples dedicated to Shiva the Destroyer, Vishnu the Preserver, Kali the Avenging Consort of Shiva, Indra the God of Rain and the magnificent four-storeyed Temple of Goddess Taleju, Protectress of the Valley, which is opened to the public only on one day of the year during Nepal’s most important festival, Dashain.
Here also one finds the temple of the Kumari, the Virgin Living Goddess who, several times a day will gracefully deign to come to her ornate first floor window to give audience to visitors, both local and foreign. Nearby is the Kashtamandap temple, dedicated to Shiva and his son Ganesh (the God with the elephant head), and said to have been built from the wood of one single tree. The modern name Kathmandu is derived from Kashtamandap, House of Wood.
Kathmandu Durbar Square is a UNICEF World Heritage Site.

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