Friday, December 27, 2013

The old Dharahara, the Ram Chandra temple and a wing of Bag Burbar



The old Dharahara, the Ram Chandra temple and a wing of Bag Burbar from the south-west, in the 1920s. Bag Durbar, the Garden Palace was constructed in 1805 for General Bhimsen Thapa, who kept a cage with living tigers at its entrance. Thus, the palace was a also called the Tiger Palace. It was extremely damaged by the earthquake, and in 1940 a new palace, Hari Bhawan was erected in its place.


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