Kathmandu durbaar square is one of the important historic and tourist destination in Nepal. This massive complex is home to palaces, temples and courtyards. The original center of kathmandu is often named as Basantapur, Hanuman Dhoka or Durbaar square all denoting the same location kathmandu durbaar square has various historical royal and governmental institutions mixed with temples of different styles and ages. It may seem a little bit crowded with lots of buildings and temples built around on a very small area. This historical attraction has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site and you will certainly want to include a tour of the area in the itinerary.
Most of the cultural centers of Nepal are concentrated around the Kathmadu valley among those cultural sites, the important one is the hanuman dhoka. Durbaar square. The name Hanuman dhoka Durbaar came from the statue of Hanuman established by the king pratap malla at the entrance of the royal palace in 1672 A.D. storeyed residence built by king prithivi Narayan shah in 1770, is called Basantapur Durbar the whole complex is also known as kathmandu Durbar square. Located at the heart of ancient city in Kathmandu it is srounding both hindu and Buddhist temple.
The Durbaar square are is actually made up of two sub areas. The outer complex is renowed for numerous interesting temples as kumari Ghar, Kastmandap, shiv parbati temple, Jagannath temple, Big Bell etc, while the inner complex comprises the old palace area, Hanuman dhoka and its courtyards as Nasal choke, Mul choke, Sundari choke, Basantapur Durbaar and other. Beside the magnificent temples and shrines, it has other interesting aspects are various festivals, cultural activities and traditions people are following from centuries, which are presented in the durbaar square.
