Himal Books

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Temples of the Nepal Vallery Sudarshan Raj Tiwari 2009, 2022 (revised edition) ISBN: 978 9937 597 71 5 Price: NRP 1490 Temples are dominant in the ensemble of Nepali traditional architecture. Actually, the image and visual appeal of Nepali architecture and the skyline of the Kathmandu valley is registered most by the multi-roofed temples. A significant number of the temples follow Vastushastra, the classical Hindu ritual design principles as handed down from ancient times through oral tradition. A philosophically and ritually different group of temples, the Dyochhen also line the streets, literally merging with the style of the streetside residential architecture. For the first time, the writer presents a thoroughly researched account of the origins, development and detailing of temples of Nepal from the ancient Kirat period to the times of the Shah, showing how and why the Nepali temple came to be so different from the Nagara and Dravida styles popular in India and formed the Varata style and design mentioned in Vastushastra. The book is presented in three sections: the first deals with the background to the uniqueness of the Nepali temple, the second discusses the towns and the site of the temples, and the last with the… Read More

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