The Bhairavnath Temple was originally built as a single-storey building in the reign of King Jagat Jyoti Malla during the 16th century. Later in 1718 King Bhupatindra Malla changed it into a two-store...
The Bhaktapur National Art Gallery is located in the Royal Palace in Durbar Square. The museum is home to many manuscripts, brass and bronze statues, stone and wood images and wonderful Hindu and Budd...
Dattatraya is said to be Bhaktapur’s oldest structure, begun during the reign of King Yaksha Malla and his son Raja Malla in 1427. He was the last king to rule the Kathmandu Valley from here at Bhakta...
It is the entrance to the 55 Window Palace that is called the Golden Gate (or Sunko Dhoka) after what is one of the most important pieces of artwork in the whole valley. A Garuda, the vehicle of Vishn...
The temple is a 17th century copy of its more famous neighbour close to Kathmandu. The erotic carvings are noteworthy.
Bhaktapur has in fact two now-famous ‘pottery squares’. The first is at Talaco south of Durbar Square whilst the other is at Suryamadhi, to the east of Dattatraya Temple square. It is here that many o...
