Jiswan Bahal

Jetvan Vihar, Purva Chaitya Mahavihara, Purvasthita Mahavihara, Purbasthit Mahabihar

Traditional Newar Buddhist Monastery (Vihara).
One of the 9 Bahals resp. Bahils in Thimi acc. John K. Locke (1985).
Bahal with the same name you´ll find in Patan.

Founded ca. 16th ct.

• Map in Carl Pruscha, Kathmandu Valley, Vol. 1, Wien 1975

• Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2012 A.D.

• Foto by Hugh R. Downs in John K. Locke, Buddhist Monasteries in Nepal, Kathmandu 1985

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