The Balgopaleshwor temple seated in the Ranipokhari is all set for renewal just around the auspicious time of Krishna Ashtami.<\/p>\n
Like all other heritage sites in Nepal, the religious site built in the Malla era was damaged in the 2015 earthquake.<\/p>\n
The National Construction Authority (NRA) issued a press release stating that the Balgopaleshwor temple would be rebuilt in the Malla era\u2019s traditional granthakut style.<\/em> The temple was originally built in granthakut style by the then Malla rule King Pratap Malla in 1670.<\/p>\n \u201cAll structures built at Rani Pokhari will the given the Malla-era look,\u201d reads the NRA<\/span> press release.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Kathmandu locals, especially the Newars were demanding that the temple be built as per the former Malla-era design. They also wanted that the Ranipokhari surrounding the temple be built in granthakut style for which a 11-member committee offered suggestions on the reconstruction model at a public hearing in January, 2018.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The original construction of the Balgopaleshwor temple was displaced by the 1934 Nepal earthquake, after which it was reconstructed in the gumbaz model by the Rana rulers.<\/p>\n Even before the earthquake in 1934, the temple received changes to its original design by Jung Bahadur Rana in 1905.<\/p>\n In 2018, the iconic Krishna Mandir was fully restored<\/a> and opened to public on the occasion of Krishna Ashtami.<\/p>\n Related<\/b>\u00a0Articles:-<\/strong><\/p>\n The Balgopaleshwor temple seated in the Ranipokhari is all set for renewal just around the auspicious…<\/span><\/p>\nBalgopaleshwor Temple History<\/h3>\n
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