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Four years since the earthquake, Gorkha Durbar still in ruins

Four years later, the palace remains a ruin.The palace, built during the reign of King Ram Shah in the 1600s, was considered a masterpiece of Newar architecture and the symbolic heart of Gorkha district. Seven Shah kings ruled Gorkha from the palace before Prithvi Narayan was crowned the king. Gorkha Durbar was everything—a fort, a palace and a temple in its nearly 350-year history. Four years since the earthquake, Gorkha Durbar still in ruins
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Sanjaya Lama & Hariram Upreti
Published at : April 21, 2019
Updated at : January 12, 2020 11:52
Gorkha And Kathmandu

Hariram Upreti

Hariram Upreti is the Gorkha correspondent for Kantipur Publications.


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