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NYATAPOLA TEMPLE - TAUMADHI SQUARE

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Taumadhi Square, Bhaktapur, Nepal
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Crowned by its five roofs and dominating the whole city from the top of its 30 m, the Nyatapola pagoda is probably the most beautiful of the valley and the highest. It is located on Taumadhi Square and rests on five pyramidal pedestals. Its solidity has enabled it to resist earthquakes. Each pair of animals framing its staircase is ten times more imposing than the pair above, so the two Malla wrestlers at the bottom are the largest. At the top of the staircase are statues of the goddesses Baghini and Singhini. Built in 1703 by King Bhupatindra Malla, the shrine is dedicated to Siddhi Lakshmi, a mysterious Tantric goddess, incarnation of the goddess Durga (Parvati), who is so terrifying that she appears only in the dark to Brahmin priests. She is represented in her many forms on the 180 sculpted and painted props. The power of the Tantric goddess is contrasted with the terrifying power of Bhairav, to whom the rectangular, three-storey temple of Kasi Bishvanat is dedicated. Her 30 cm high statue stands in a niche one metre above the ground. You can see his mask by looking out of an upstairs window, but it is probably another mask that is carried in great pomp during the Bisket Jatra festival in mid-April. A vaulted passage leads to the temple of Mahadev Narayan (a form of Vishnu, called Tilmadhav), which has attracted pilgrims since time immemorial.

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On ne peut pas louper le temple NYATAPOLA tellement il est imposant, avec son majestueux escalier ces grandes et belles statues de lutteurs, elephants, lions et monstres et tout ceci sur 5 étages, cela en fait le plus haut temple du Népal

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