Bhaktapur City Tour

BHATAPUR CITY TOUR

‘exciting tour within Bhaktapur within palaces and old beautiful pagodas’

Introduction:

Bhaktapur also called by its original and ancient name as Bhadgaon, a medieval period city with its own municipality and management, located east of Kathmandu and Patan / Lalitpur cities at mere distance of less than hour drive.

Bhaktapur means city of devotees which you can notice by its name with local Newar people on daily worships within city’s various hundreds of temples and shrines with their own prayers of great interest to watch.

Bhaktapur once a separate kingdom as well the former capital of Nepal during Malla regime back in 6-7th Century, before it was merged into greater Nepal from 17th Century onward, truly a city of great interest to visit and witness masterpiece of intricate carving and arts on its palaces doors and windows, including its many houses of typical Newar architecture of pagoda roofed.

Bhaktapur Tour leads you beautiful and interesting culture, arts with its traditional life as it were since hundreds of centuries within its wonderful surrounding lined with historical and religious monuments and wooden structures building of ancient times.

Place of great interest for an hour or more visiting its old fascination Durbar Square and beyond the city towards a hill top of Changunarayan temple premises one of the oldest in Nepal.

Bhaktapur and its impressive sites for tours for an hour to full day:

Bhaktapur Durbar Square:

One of world top Heritage Sites that reflects city's rich culture of masterpiece art and architectural design, also a central setting of the city for architectural monuments and arts.

Visit its famous golden gate at the main courtyard of the Palace lined with 55 beautiful carved windows; the golden gate regarded as world's most beautiful and richly carved of its kind.

Bhaktapur Nyatapol Temple:

One of the highlights of Bhaktapur and landmark of the city its old and beautiful towering Nyatapol Temple, means a five storied temple stands high 30 meters, the tallest temple within Kathmandu valley, built by King Bhupatindra Malla in 1,708 AD.Each of its five terraces holds pair of figures, starting from the bottom with wrestlers, elephant, lion, griffins and goddesses.The Bhaktapur National Art Gallery:

Located within Bhaktapur Durbar Square treasures rare paintings and manuscripts with painted covers and illustrations are found in this museum. Gallery contains brass, bronze, stone and wooden images of medieval art tradition of Nepal. Gallery is closed on Thursday and public holidays.Bhairavnath Temple of Bhaktapur:

Originally built as one-story pagoda during King Jagat Jyoti Malla period, later changed into a three-storey temple in 1718 A.D. by King Bhupatindra Malla, this temple now stands for its artistic grandeur. Bhairavnath temple is dedicated to Lord Bhairab - the god of Terror.Dattarya Temple:

Built in 1427 AD, the temple is said to have been built from a single tree visit a monastery having exquisitely carved peacock windows located near the temple area.Pottery square and market:

Around Bhaktapur there are two main pottery area, the first pottery square is at Suryamadhi east from Dattarya temple square, it is the oldest pottery square, another pottery place leads south from the Nytapola square at Talako’s Potter’s Square walking along interesting markets side streets the pottery is in full blaze, the wide open brick courtyard with a mix of small grey and brownish red clay pots, where each pot is examined by hand before being turned to face the sun at new angle or dipped into a bucket of colored water.

Observe the craftsman on wheels shaping the clay in a finely tuned system of human pottery rotation from past centuries of old tradition.

After Bhaktapur city tour another interesting sites to visit ancient Changunarayan Temple:

Nepal oldest temple of Changunarayan, perched on a hill-top above Bhaktapur which is also called as Changu or Dolagiri.

The temple complex and its small quaint town surrounded with forest of champak trees a mere distance north of Bhaktapur.

Changunarayan Temple dedicated to Hindu god Lord Vishnu, this temple considered as the oldest one in Nepal. The pagoda style temple has several masterpieces of 5th to 12th century of excellent Nepalese art.

According to legends Changunarayan temple existed as early as 325 A.D. in the time of King Licchavi King Hari Datta Verma and it is one of Nepal's richest structures historically as well as artistically. In the grounds there is a stone pillar inscription of great importance recording the military exploits of King Man Deva who reigned from 496 A.D. to 524 A.D. The first epigraphic evidence of Nepalese history found in the temple premises during the reign of the Licchavi King Mandeva dating back to 464 A.D.

Proves that temple was already been established as a sacred site in the 3rd century A.D. It is the earliest inscription known in Nepal