Bhaktapur - Medieval Temples, Palaces and Towns


Specialty
Bhaktapur is referred to as the Living Heritage, the City of Culture, An Open Museum and the Cultural Gem of Nepal. Bhaktapur is famous for the craftsmanship of its locales, its festivals monuments and handicrafts that are brilliant. The handicrafts found in Bhaktapur comprise ceramic products, papier-mache masks, jewelry, scroll paintings, woodcarvings, and metalwork. Bhaktapur is best known for Bhaad Gaule Topi (a particular sort of cap), ju-ju dhau (yogurt, ju-ju dhau literally means the king of all yogurt varieties) and also the homespun haku-patasi (black sari). SAARC nationals and foreigners have to pay an entrance fee to enter this town.

Tachupal Tole is located in the older east end of Bhaktapur while Taumadhi Tole and Durbar Square dominate the west end. Bhaktapur DurbarSquare and Changunarayan Temple of Bhaktapur district will be the two monuments enlisted by UNESCO as World Heritage Sites

A number of the other Hindu and Buddhist temples and shrines in Bhaktapur are Bhairabnath Temple, the Nyatopola Temple, Peacock Window, Big Bell, Lokeswor Mahavihar, Prassannasheel Mahavihar, Chattu Brahma Mahavihar, Jaya Kirti Mahavihar, Sukra - varna Mahavihar and Dipanker Mahavihar.

Festivals
Some of the important festivals of Bhaktapur are Gai Jatra (July or August), Bisket Jatra (April) and the tantrically inspired Nava Durga Dance during the Dasain festival (October or November).

Places to Eat
A number of the popular restaurants of Bhaktapur is Bhaktapur Gate Restaurant, Café p Peacock, Café Nyatopola, Durbar Square Restaurant, Marco Polo Restaurant, Nyatopola Restaurant, and Rooftop Café.

Transportation
There are buses that leave out of Bagbazaar for Bhaktapur. You will drop off. You can also board a Dhulikhel jumping bus or a Nagarkot bound bus and get off at Thimi. There are minibusses that render for Bhaktapur Kathmandu, from the City Bus Park. You are dropped by these minibusses at Sidha Pokhari, and it will be a five-minute walk west of Durbar Square.


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