Kasthamandapa

Kashthamandap, Maru Sattal

Three Storey Hall (Temple and Sattal), completely destroyed 2015 by earthquake. Kasthamandap means "House of Wood",
It is the emblem and the origin of the name of Kathmandu.
One of the 50 Buddhist Power Places acc. Keith Dowman.

11th ct. / ca.1630 / renov.1966 / collapsed 2015

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• Map from the offical Flyer of the Hanuman Dhoka Heritage Site

• Foto in Carl Pruscha, Kathmandu Valley, Vol. 2, 1st ed., Wien 1975

• Foto by Brian McMorrow, 2007, www.pbase.com/bmcmorrow

• Foto by Ganesh Paudel in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kasthamandap_GP1.JPG

• Foto by Ganesh Paudel in http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cultural_heritage_monuments_in_Kathmandu_District

• Foto by Jerome Ryan in http://www.mountainsoftravelphotos.com/Nepal%20-%20Kathmandu/Main.html

• Foto by Nirjal Stha in https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:2015_earthquake_damage_of_Kasthamandap#/media/File:Debris_of_Kasthamandap.JPG

• Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2019 A.D.

• Dipesh Risal, Rebuilt Kasthamandap, http://www.rebuildkasthamandap.com/

• M. S. Slusser, C. Vajracarya, Two Medieval Nepalese Buildings : An Architectural and Cultural Study, Artibus Asiae Vol. 36, No. 3 (1974), pp. 169 - 218