Kirtipur Nagarpalika, Office of Municipal Executive
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal
Kirtipur Nagarpalika, Office of Municipal Executive
Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal
Lachhi, Panga, Kirtipur Municipality
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Among eight mother goddesses of Newars, Bishnu devi or Baishnavi is the one. One of the inscriptions found in the bell in this temple mentions date of offering the bell i.e. in N.S. 950, while the other two inscriptions of N.S. 1007 and 1035 mention the name of the donors which however is not that clear because of tika. (Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, 2061 B.S.)
This large, brick temple has a double stepped rectangular platform. The ground floor has an open falcha structure. The first floor contains a large three bay latticed-window at the centre and two smaller windows at its side. The small window enveloped with a brass foil and a decorated torana represents the main shrine.
The struts engraved with different divinities support the metal roof in the upper storey. On the roof is a small square tower, which has carved struts supporting the topmost brass roof with three finials. The temple was built early in the twentieth century and according to the stone inscription, it was renovated in 1914 by Visan Naram Prabhriti. It was again renovated by the local people after 1934. Its festival is on Margashirsha-shukla -8. (Government of Nepal, 1975)
This monument is not a temple in itself but actually a dyochhen. It is open to public in the mornings only.
Balkumari pith is a single storey temple at the Northeast corner of Dikhya. It is surrounded by open shrines of different gods which people called "Gana".
It is believed that there used to be a crematory near Balkumari temple. "Gana" of Balkumari pith is believed to kill people to quench their thirst for blood. Thus, a number of people of Panga went missing. After knowing this habit of Gana, people of Panga asked for forgiveness and promised to offer blood of buffalo on the day of Saptami to all Gana except for Gana of Ganga. Since then, no people were killed and so the sacrifice of a buffalo on the day of Chilathwo saptami continued.
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The temple is constructed in traditional Nepalese style with three tiers of roof. The sanctum is in ground floor, which is surrounded by carved pillars making Pradakshikna to the deity. There is another Veranda on the first floor which is half built in a brick wall. It is said that a Brahmin from Kirtipur used to worship Narayan degah of Lachhi daily in the past but has stopped now.
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