animated streets, the fabulous architecture of the houses. It is easy to stroll, in all small lanes where at any turn an unknown temple is discovered, stone statues of impressive divinities, a small market, microcospic shops which paraîssent recéler treasures behind their dusty window...
Around Durbar Public garden, place of Durbar (Durbar = place where the monarch held the public audiences traditionally), many buildings and points of interest concentrate
The House of Kumari. Old wood house in a Modern style of the 18 th century, it imposes some by its remarkably conservées/restaurées decorations. Admire in particular, the extraordinary torana, sculptures of divinities in low-relief on semicircular wood plates . The house of Kumari is of an individual which lodges a small girl, Kumari, regarded as a "alive goddess". Shei in the eyes of the public, in reclusion guarantor of the particular role, which infact is an incarnation of the Goddess. As of puberty, Kumari leaves her "duties" and turns over to the normal life.
Before entering the Palace, notice, perched on its column, the statue of king Pratap Malla. At side, the small temple, the temple of Jagannath, is worth a glance.
Enter the Palace (Hanuman Dhoka) its base, the stylized statue of Hanuman. And at once enter the vast court of the Palace (Nasal chowk), on the left, in a niche, a large extremely expressive statue of Narasimha (Narsingha), incarnation of Vishnu in the shape of a Man-Lion.
The Palace will enables to go up in the large towers, like the tower of Basantapur, from where one enjoys a sight of the buildings of the Palace, the city, the mountains around and, the spectacle of the permanent secondhand trade on the place of Durbar.
By arising from the Palace, on the line, is an astonishing giant statue of a form of Shiva, Kala Bhairav.
On the other side of the street, notice the temple of Krishna, easily recognizable by its octagonal form.
