Shiva Parvati Temple is a Hindu temple located in

Kathmandu Durbar Square Kathmandu Durbar Square (Nepal Bhasa: येँ लायकु/𑐥𑐾𑑄 𑐮𑐵𑐫𑐎𑐹, Nepali: हनुमानढोका दरबार; ''Basantapur Durbar Kshetra'') is a historically and culturally significant site in Kathma ...

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. It was built by Bahadur Shah, son of Nepal's first king

Prithvi Narayan Shah Prithvi Narayan Shah (; 7 January 1723 – 11 January 1775), was the last king of the Gorkha Kingdom and first king of the Kingdom of Nepal (also called the ''Kingdom of Gorkha''). Prithvi Narayan Shah started the unification of Nepal. He is a ...

. The temple survived the

April 2015 Nepal earthquake The April 2015 Nepal earthquake (also known as the Gorkha earthquake) killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the countries of Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh. It occurred at on Saturday 25 April 2015, with a magnitude of Moment magni ...

Gallery

File:Architectural Detail - Shiva-Parvati Temple - Durbar Square - Kathmandu - Nepal (13443784443).jpg, Shiva and Parvati looking down File:After the quake - panoramio (5).jpg, The aftermath of the April 2015 Nepal earthquake; Shiva Parvati Temple located extremely right

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* Hindu temples in Kathmandu District Kathmandu District Kathmandu Durbar Square World Heritage Sites in Nepal Parvati temples Shiva temples in Nepal 18th-century establishments in Nepal {{Nepal-struct-stub