Bhaktapur

Bhaktapur, literally the ‘City of Devotees’-is renowned for its elegant art, fabulous culture, colourful festivals,traditional dances and the typical Newar lifestyle.Tourists visting Nepal feel incomplete unless they get a mesmerizing glimps of this ancient ‘City of Culture’, ‘Living Museum’.This conch shaped historic city spreading over an area of 6.88 square kilometers and lying at 13 km. east of Kathmandu ,was founded in the 12th century by King Anand Dev Malla. Old dances and festivals are still observed by the locals with the same fervour and enthusiasm as their ancestors did in the past.
Baktapur is filled with monuments,most of terra-cotta with carved wood columns, palaces and temples with elaborated carvings, gilded roof pottery Biharas.This city is dotted with pagodas and religious shrines. The Hindus and the Buddhists have coexisted in harmony and drawn inspirations from each other through the ages. Bhaktapur is also famous for curd ‘JuJu Dhau’, means King of curd.