Shiva Parvati Temple

Shiva Parvati Temple is a Hindu temple located in Kathmandu Durbar Square, Nepal.^[1]

Shiva Parvati Temple
Shiva Parvati Temple in 2014
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Kathmandu District
Province	Bagmati Province
Deity	Shiva Parvati
Location
Location	Kathmandu Durbar Square
Country	Nepal
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Geographic coordinates	27.704447866917825°N 85.30643325926691°E / 27.704447866917825; 85.30643325926691

It was built by Bahadur Shah, son of Nepal's first king Prithvi Narayan Shah.^[2][3] The temple survived the April 2015 Nepal earthquake.^[4][5]

Gallery

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  Shiva and Parvati looking down
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  The aftermath of the April 2015 Nepal earthquake; Shiva Parvati Temple located extremely right

References

1. Dangol, Purusottam (2007). Elements of Nepalese Temple Architecture. Adroit Publishers. p. 40. ISBN 978-81-87392-77-4.
2. "Shiva-Parvati Temple". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. Samson, Karl; Aukshunas, Jane (15 September 1999). Frommer's Nepal. Wiley. p. 112. ISBN 978-0-02-862628-4.
4. "Fallen: Nepal's historic landmarks after the quake". CNN. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
5. "Five years on, temples still on wooden stand". The Rising Nepal. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

External links

• Media related to Shiva-Parvati Temple, Kathmandu at Wikimedia Commons