hanuman dhoka

Hanuman dhoka
The kathmandu the capital city if Nepal is surely one of the world most amazing cities being endowed with very large number of ancient monuments historic temples and other interesting and unusual sights
Three chowks at hanuman dhoka are:
nasal chowk : passing through the golden door one enters into it largest of 10 country yards found in the hanumandhoka .palace. it is frequently mentioned in historical literature dealing with the malla period as well as well as in the documents id different shah kings . many of the building that surround the country yard date from the shah period but a fair promotion dates back to an earlier period . Most of the art periods and objects and images are from the mall a dynasty.
on the eastern side of the chowk there is small shine of the nasaleshwor from which the country yard gets its name . during the malla period it served as a sort of royal treasure where dances to be performed for the palaces were practiced and presented . this chowk was regularly used for meeting the between the kings and his subjects it was here that king meet his subjects during the shah period it took even greater importance . the malla practice of conducting the coronation rites inside mul chowk were set aside during the shah period and and the coronation of the kings of the Nepal subsequently were held in the much larger and more public and nasal chowk . the court yard is rectangular teeth the main entrance situated at the northern end immediately to the left is the open audience chamber of the malla kings with the old main throne still occupy ing a a position of prominence. At the far end raising a full nine storey is a basantapur durbar palace built by king prithvi narayan shah soon after the unification of the country .
mohan chowk and: to the northern of nasal chowk residence of malla kings of kathmandu . it was built in 1969 by king pratap malla (1641-74) and later repaired abd modernasised during the reign of kung rajendra bikram shah in 1822. one of the central features of it is the sundhara or the golden water spout bringing water from the budanilkantha eight km far north of the city to the palace was a accomplished pratap malla celebrated the event by erecting this fabulous setting for the new spout from the poured cool and clear water . the sundhara is about 3.5 meter below ground level so one has to desend to it the spout itself is a sculptor dream id irds abd beasts Waukee rge walks around it are kined with 36 images of gods and goddess all of them beautiful works of the art in these magnificent surroundings the king of Katmandu performed his morning ritual a bathing ceremonies and then ascended to the large stone throne above the sundhara to complete his morning ceremonies
on the northern wall of the quadrangle is a lengthy inscription of king pratap malla setting out the arrangements made it finance the workship of his many deities above this inscription are two rows of images affixed to the wall to the wall the images are in the upper rows show the 10 incarnations of Vishnu and various scenes of Krishna at play all perfectly in keeping with the religious tones of this chowk . there are also some images commemorating one of the earliest contacts between Katmandu and the west .
basantapur chowk : at the south east corner of the nasal chowk is exit through which one can pass into the basantapur durbar . during the time of the king prithve narayan shah the shah kings moved from old quarters formerly occupied by the malla kings into this section of the palace . while the woodcarving in the central country yard are an especially outstanding features the whole building is of equal historic value to all Nepalese .
the nine storied palace of prithivi narayan shah called the basantapur durbar is on the south west of the quadrangle . the tower on the south east corner is known as lalitpur tower .. bhaktapur tower is on the north east corner r while kirtipur tower is on the north west . The other tower pale is in the comparison to the basantapur tower in terms of the height.
it is the mark of pride today that king pith caravan ash saw fit to built his Katmandu palace in nepali styles thus not only showing his appreciation for the merits of the traditional artichetecture of the valley and also establishing a firm presedent that was to continue during the coming centuries