7. July 2014

Architecture
You might have been to Patan Durbar
Square for a number of times, but it’s not
the whole what you have seen. You see
what is, but you have to hear to get into
the composite whole of it. As an effort
to make the square heard more and to
enliven the history, Architecture Gallery, as
an extension of Patan Musuem, has been
established. And now it is open to all.
Like in many other sites, Patan Durbar was
devastated massively by the earthquake
of 1934. Whatever the monuments
the resources and skills of the time
made possible were restored after the
earthquake but some of them were not
restored adequately - and many are yet to
be restored.
Rohit K Ranjitkar, The Country Director of
The Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust
(KVPT ) says, “Shrine of Taleju, for example,
seems to have been slightly taller and
another shrine called ‘Bhai Dega’ was the
biggest one in the premises. There were
other three shrines made of stone, and
they are not in scene at present.”
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