16/07/2022
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-Nyatapola Mandir , Bhaktapur
Nyatapola is a five-storeyed ancient temple that makes each Bhaktapurians feel so proud. People may have very little knowledge about Bhaktapur city. But, within that tatter of knowledge, they put a page where the mysterious stories of Nyatapola always breathe.
Some interesting facts about the Nyatapola temple
1-The temple is not associated with any Jatras or the Guthi. That sounds quite unusual cause almost all of the important temples are associated with the jatras as well as with the Guthis and Bhajans. Especially in Bhaktapur.
2-Because of its five stories, it is locally denominated as a Panch Tale Mandir. Where, those five stories indicate the earth, water, fire, air, and the sky from down to up respectively.
3-Similarly, Nyatapola the name itself means the five-stroyed, where Nyata means five, and Pola means the tiers in Newa bhasa.
4-Also, this grand temple stands as the tallest Nepalese roofing-styled temple of Bhaktapur. As well as Nepal with a height of 33meters.
4-The whole structure of Nyatapola was raised within 214 days. During that era, meanwhile, there was no advanced construction equipment at all.
5-It is said that the wind bells hanged around the tiers of Nyatapola were in several 529. But placing them in the numbers 48, 80, 104, 128, and 168, from top to bottom respectively, outlasts a wind bell. That was then, considered as the unfortunate one wind bell. And, the fact is that till today no one knows about it, whether where it was placed. Or, what did happen to it?
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Photography By : Nabin.captures_ / Manandhar Nabin