| Taleju
Temple (1667)
other
sites in Patan |
Patan, Nepal |
Click on a thumbnail to enlarge
Taleju Temple is built in honor of the female royal deity, Taleju Bhawani. It is only opened once a year for the King and a few select priests. It was constructed in 1667 during the reign of King Shree Niwas Malla.
Bibliography:
All images copyright 2001 Kaye Yeo Ahn
http://asianart.com/patan-museum/
Korn,
Wolfgang The Traditional Architecture of the Kathmandu Valley
University Press (Tribhuvan University). Kathmandu, Nepal.
1976
Kumar Lal Joshi and Om Prakash
Yadav, SUNDAY POST: The Weekly Magazine Of The Kathmandu Post
Kathmandu, Sunday,
March 19, 2000 Chaitra 06th, 2056.