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Rani Pokhari is the main site of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. This pond is near Durbar School. One of the beauties of Kathmandu is the Rani Pokhari. In the middle of the pond is the Bal Gopaleshwar temple which is also called Bhrateshwar, Yamaleshwar. According to ancient records, the Rani Pokhari region is considered to be the abode of God. Rani Pokhari is also called Vishnutirtha. Bhairav is in the northeast corner of this Rani Pokhari, Mahalakshmi in the igneous corner, Bhunde Ganesh in the sixteenth hand and Bhairav in the northwest corner. On the south bank of the pond are statues of Pratap Malla and his sons Chakravartendra Malla and Mahipatendra Malla on a large elephant. This temple was built by King Pratap Malla in 1727 BS in memory of his untimely death. The temple was later rebuilt by Prime Minister Jung Bahadur. Since there are no brothers and sisters in this temple on the day of Tihar, the great festival of Nepalis, people worship in this temple on this day. This temple is open to the public for one day only on the occasion of Bhai Tihar festival. After the death of his eldest son Chakravartindra Malla, Pratap Malla had this Rani Pokhari built to alleviate the grief of the mourning queen Anantapriya. At that time, holy water was brought to this pond from seven religious places like Benaras, Gosaikunda, Barahkshetra, Trishuli and other places. Hence the name Rani Pokhari, which is also recognized as a religious pilgrimage. The temple of Bal Gopal, which was destroyed in the earthquake of 2072 BS, has been rebuilt in the style of Shikhar.

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