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Saturday, November 28, 2009

Taumadhi Square

It lies at just minute walk to the south-east of Darbar Square. A standee in this square is pygmised by the towering five storeyed pagoda styled temple of goddess Siddhi Laxmi and that of god Bairabnath. It is called Nytapola by local. It’s struts, doors , windows and tympanums are decorated with carvings of divine figures, including a pair of 2m high stone statues of legendary Rajput wrestlers-Jaimal and Pata, a pair of lions, a pair of elephants, a pair of griffons and a pair of tantric goddesses known as Singhini and Toyahagrini.

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