Hakha Bahal

Ha Bahal, Lakshmi Kalyana Varna Sanskarita Ratnakara Mahavihara

Traditional Newar Buddhist Monastery (Vihara) of Bahal Style.
One of the 18 Main Bahals (Mahavihara) of Patan acc. John K. Locke (1985)
And one of the famous Vajrayana Buddhist Monsteries in Patan.
It is the house of the Living Goddess Kumari. The original place was near the Royal Palace.
It is Point (18) of the Route of the Neku Jatra Matya N.S. 2070.

Rebuild ca. 1620 / renov. 1839, 1880 and 1936

No. 38

• Based on a Map in H. Seemann, Gestern noch verbotenes Land - Nepal 2029, Stuttgart 1973

• Foto by N.N.

• Based on a Map in John K. Locke, Buddhist Monasteries of Nepal, Kathmandu 1985

• Foto by N.N.

• Foto by N.N. in http://www.iviaggidimanuel.com/2014/10/dintorni-di-kathmandu-patan.html

• Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2016 A.D.

• Foto by Narayan Halwai in https://www.flickr.com/photos/132597836@N03/

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

• Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2016 A.D.

• Foto by Frans Devriese in https://www.flickr.com/photos/devriese/

• Foto by Allie Caulfield in https://www.flickr.com/photos/wm_archiv/with/17202168790/

• Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2016 A.D.

• John K. Locke, The Buddhist Monasteries of Nepal : A Survey of the Bahas and Bahis of the Kathmandu Valley, Kathmandu 1985

• Shanker Thapa, Indra K. Bajracharja, Ratnakar Mahavihar, Delhi 2005

• Indra K. Bajracharya, Kumari of Hakha Bahal, Rolamba-Journal of Jishi Research Institute, Vol. 24, No. 3-4, July - Dec. 2004, and in http://www.scribd.com/doc/19187489/The-Kumari-Living-Goddess-of-Hakha-Bahal-by-Dr-Indra-Kumari-Bajracharya

• N.N., Baha and Bahi of Patan, Lalitpur - Nepal http://www.culturenepal.com/baha%20bahi/index.htm