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

Column Comparison
From left to right:
Patan, Ukubaha, ca. 1100 BCE;
Kathmandu, Kasthamandapa,
14th century;
Bhaktapur, Manimaṇḍapa at
Nasahmana, 16th century;
Patan, Sarasvati Sattal at Darbar
Square, 17th century
Opposite
South Manimaṇḍapa
Poster “Patan Darbār Square, Nepal
- MaṇiManimaṇḍapa Column
Restoration,” printed by the Kathmandu
Valley Preservation Trust in
July 2016.
Implementation of column restoration
was by the Kathmandu Valley
Preservation Trust, in Cooperation
with the Department of Archaeology,
with the support of the German
Foreign Ministry, the Prince Claus
Fund (Netherlands), the Himal
Initiative Deutschland (Bamberg,
Germany) and South Asia Institute,
Heidelberg. Restoration of Eleven
Columns and Replacement of One
Column - October 2015 - April
2016.
Woodcarvers: Master Carver
Indrakaji Silpakar, Indra Prasad Silpakar,
Tirtha Ram Silpakar, Surya
Silpakar, Puspa Silpakar, Macha
Man Silpakar and Hari Prasad
Silpakar, Under the Guidance of
Bijay Basukala.
Photos by Ashesh Rajbansh
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