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Adventures in Kathmandu, Nepal

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Contributed by: Penny Sheltz on 5/14/2008

Our tour continues around Kathmandu, Nepal.
We learn that Nepal is 56,000 sq miles, and has 27 million people, of which 80% are Buddhist and the rest are Hindus, Muslims and Christians.
We go to Bhaktapur with the Hindu temple of Shiva, one of the 3 main gods. Brahma is the first God of Creation and priest must born of a Brahma caste, then is Vishnu God of Preservation, and the 3rd is Shiva the destroyer.
We visit and climb many temples with statues of lions, elephants, & monkey Gods. Fierce vendors follow us everywhere offering their necklaces and souvenirs.
We had a tour of the town center in Kathmandu called Hanuman-dhoka in Durbar square which we learned is a world heritage site. This cultural site located in the heart of the ancient city of Kathmandu is a complex of many temples and shrines, both Hindu and Buddhist.
Most of them were build in pagoda style embellished with intricate carved interiors between the 12th and 18th century. Durbar square with its old temples, palaces, show the religious and cultural life of the people. it was here the kings of Nepal were crowned and their coronations were held.
Until the 20th century the square was the kings residence and is now a open museum of Nepal.
It was very interesting to be here this week since the kingdom is ending in Nepal and they are changing to a republic.
The name Hanuman-dkoka Durbar came from the statue of Hanuman established by the king in 1672 with a statue at his palace.
The square is also called Kathmandu Durbar square. We walked among all the interesting temples, shrines and pagodas and took many photos as vendors followed us for hours.

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