The Durbar Square

Near the gallery, we can see the Durbar (palace) where the Malla Kings lived. This palace was built by king Bhupatindra Malla. This palace contains fifty-five windows. These wooden windows are artistic and of old design. Besides this main palace, there ate other palaces in the big compound. We saw bullet marks onte walls and windows of some of these palaces. These bullet marks were laft in a battle fought between King Ranjit Malls of Bhaktapur and prithvi Narayan shah. Ranhit Malla fought bravely but was defeated.

Next we visited the ancient temples. First we visited the temple of Taleju Bhavani in the Durbar Square. Then we went to the Nyatapola temple. It has five storeys. It is the highest and most famous temple in the town. It occupies a central position in the town. We all so visited the temple of Dattatraya.This temple, they say, is made of the wood of a single tree. It is partly dilapidated.