Nepalese Architecture: Taleju temple, Patan  
Taleju Temple (1667)     other sites in Patan    Patan, Nepal

            
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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.

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