Showing posts with label Changu Narayan Temple. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Changu Narayan Temple. Show all posts
Monday, September 10, 2012
Changu Narayan Temple
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Changu Narayan Temple
Changu Narayan temple is situated at
Bhaktapur, 18 kilometers east of Kathmandu in a hilly terrain at 1541 meters above
the sea level. This temple is significant from religious, cultural, historic archaeological
viewpoints. The temple stands on a foundation of a single stone.
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| Two storied Changu Narayan pagoda style temple. |
Changu Narayan temple is decorated with artistic
woodcarving and stone sculptures representing different gods and goddesses. A
pagoda style temple is one of the oldest one dating back to 14th century AD. The
temple was built by King Hari Dutta Varma in 322 AD. This falls into one of the seven world heritage
categories of the Kathmandu valley, Changu Narayan Temple also is on the UNESCO’s
World’s Heritage list.
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Two storied pagoda style temple of Changu Narayan. |
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