KVPT’s Patan Darbar Earthquake Response Campaign - Work to Date - September 2016

The four-stepped cornice is heavily damaged. It will be
repaired / replaced in January to March 2017. 15,000
veneer bricks will be ordered in October. Taking into
account the above tentative times frames, construction
of the ground floor of the Char Narayan temple might
start in April 2017.
First level
The twelve windows are not in very bad condition.
About a quarter of the constitutive elements such as the
cornices and the outer frames need replacement. Of the
24 struts and four corner struts, only one corner strut
is broken. This will be bolted and strengthened with a
strap of steel on its back. The tympana are of secondary
quality and must date to the repair of the temple in
the 1840s. Not all tympana were preserved before the
earthquake.
Second level
The four windows are not in very bad condition. One
quarter to one fifth of the elements need repair. Eight
plaques / aedicules on both sides of the windows need
minor repair. The sixteen struts and four corner struts
need minor repair.
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