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Devighat temple
TempleDevighat, Nuwakot, Bidur, Nuwakot, near Kathmandu
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Nuwakot Palace
PlaceNuwakot Palace is a palace built by Nepal's first king Prithvi Narayan Shah in the 18th century and is located in Nuwakot, Bidur Municipality. The palace is currently being restored after the April 2015 Nepal earthquake which devastated…
Battle of Kathmandu
Place…resulted in the defeat of its king Jaya Prakash Malla by conquerors Prithvi Narayan Shah, king of the adjoining Gorkha Kingdom. Shah's victory marked the establishment of the Shah dynasty in Nepal and the end of the rule of the indigenous…
Pancha Kashmiri Takiya Masjid
Place…in Kashmir. The current mosque was built in the times of king Prithvi Narayan Shah after the Muslims helped him to spy on Malla rulers. The mosque has three complexes viz. a prayer hall, an annexe and a madrasah. The tombs of Haji Mishkin…
Kathmandu Durbar Square
Place…central square is surrounded by palace complexes built during the Malla and Shah periods. The most well known among them is the Nautalle Durbar, a nine-story palace built by Prithvi Narayan Shah to commemorate the Unification of Nepal.…
Bagh Bhairab Temple
Place…town. Bagh Bhairab Temple features the swords used by King of Gorkha Prithvi Narayan Shah's army during the Battle of Kirtipur. बाघभैरव मन्दिर काठमाडौँको कीर्तिपुरमा छ । यो मन्दिरलाई कीर्तिपुरवासीले आराध्यदेवका रूपमा पूजा गर्छन् ।
Gorkha Municipality
PlaceGorkha (Nepali: गोरखा, formerly known as Prithvinarayan Municipality) is a municipality in Gorkha District in Gandaki Province of Nepal created in 1996. It was initially named "Prithvinarayan" (Nepali: पृथ्वीनारायण) after King Prithvi…
Gorkha District
Place…Gorkha holds a prominent place in Nepalese history as the homeland of Prithvi Narayan Shah and the center of the former Gorkha Kingdom, from which the Unification of Nepal began in the 25 September 1744. The district is also closely…
Kanchanpur District
Place…the south and west. Before the reunification of Nepal by Gorkha King Prithvi Narayan Shah, this district was part of the Doti Kingdom. Nepal lost it to the East India Company after the Anglo-Nepalese war (1814–1816). Then the Kingdom…
Nuwakot, Bagmati Province
Place…of the Valley in the days before the unification of Nepal by Prithvi Narayan Shah, and for more than 1,000 years the hilltop had served as a lookout and fort (kot) guarding the western entrance to Kathmandu Valley. Nuwakot served as…
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