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Siddhikali Temple
Siddhikali Temple is a Hindu temple located in Madhyapur Thimi, Thimi, Nepal. The two storeys roofed temple is dedicated to Lord Kali, Shiva and Ganesha, Ganesh. It is also believed that this Shaktipeeth is formed due to the falling of right eye of the corpse of Sati_(Hindu_goddess), Sati. This place is located in Inayekwo, in the north west of Thimi. The temple is also known as ''Inayekwo Dyo'' in Nepal Newar language, Bhasa language. And Siddhikali Temple is also known as Chamunda, one of the goddess of Astamatrika. The majestically impressive Siddhikali temple has numbers of ''Pataa'' streaming down the front. There's a ''Satah'' (rest-house) opposite to temple and multiple ''Falcha'' (Inns) and several smaller shrines (Bhairav, Shiva Temple, Saraswoti Temple, Bhimsen Temple, Basundhara Temple, Sahsrabhuj Lokeshwor Temple, Buddha Chaitya) to the rear and nearby and several stone taps around the place. The artwork around the Siddhikali temple is fantastic and worth a close inspe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madhyapur Thimi
Madhyapur Thimi, also known as Thimi, ( ne, मध्यपुर थिमि) is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. Thimi lies between Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley. It is one of the ancient cultural and historical places along the trade route from Bhaktapur to Kathmandu. The city is situated on elevated land and occupies an area of , divided into nine administrative wards. The mayor was Madan Sundar Shrestha of the Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist) of Nepal. Archaeology There are indications that the city may be as old as 3000 BC. A recent work by Mohan Pant and Shuji Funo compared the very regular grid layout of Thimi to other ancient cities in the Indus valley and Nepal. The details of the grid dimensions of city blocks are very close to those of Mohenjo-daro and Sirkap (part of ruins near Taxila) in Pakistan; also Patan, Nepal. The authors found that plot dimensions measure by , and are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
