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The temple of Bhavani is very beautiful. There is a unique gift of art in this temple. There are many artistic style idols of various deities in this temple premises.

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The famous Taleju Bhavani temple in the Hanumandhoka area of Kathmandu. This temple is open to the public once a year, i.e. on the 28th of October, the great festival of Nepalis, Bijaya Dashami. Devotees had been queuing up since night to visit Taleju Bhavani as Navami is open once a year. Although there are four doors in the Taleju Bhavani temple, only the south door was opened for the devotees today. It is forbidden to take pictures inside this Bhavani temple. It is said that the construction of this temple was done by King Mahendra Malla in the year 1607 BS and in the year 1620 BS. This three-story pagoda-style temple is located in the Trishul Chowk of Hanuman Dhoka. The statue of Bhavani in the sanctum sanctorum of Taleju Bhavani has a very artistic style. But this idol is considered second. It has been mentioned that after the death of Kantabati, the youngest wife of the first idol Ran Bahadur Shah, the idol was broken and another idol was placed in its place. Gold-plated palms on the top of this mortuary

The temple of Bhavani is very beautiful. There is a unique gift of art in this temple. There are many artistic style idols of various deities in this temple premises.

In this temple, statues of Hanuman, eagle, lion and fish made of metal can also be seen on the clock pillar offered by King Pratap Malla in 1710 BS. There are also idols of Mahankal, Shiva Parvati, Ganesh and other deities established in 1727 BS. She is considered as the presiding deity of Mallakalin. These Taleju Bhavani are worshiped by the Karmacharyas according to the Tantric method. According to the history of Bhavani, Harihar Singh Dev, a king of Karnataka, came to Bhaktapur via Simraungadh in 1325 when the Indian Muslim ruler Gayasuddi invaded Simraungadh. Before bringing this beloved goddess Tulja Bhavani to Simraungadh, the Sun dynasty king Nanyadeva had brought her from the Saryu river to Simraungadh. From Simraungadh, Rani Deval Devi brought the symbol urn of Taleju Bhavani with her. These Bhavani were brought into the valley and first established in Bhaktapur. After that, the then King Ratna Malla started installing small idols in the form of Taleju Bhavani of Bhaktapur in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Sankhu, Chapagaun, Kirtipur, Nuwakot, Dolakha, Nala, Panauti and other places. The temple of Taleju Bhavani in Kathmandu was first built by King Ratnamalla and later repaired by Mahendra Malla. The Malla kings considered this Taleju Bhavani as a deity. Bajrayani Buddhists also consider her as Tantric Bajradevi. Even if it is opened today, the original idol of Tulja Bhavani is not allowed to be seen by anyone except the priest. These Tulja Bhavani temples are also located in Tuljapur, Hyderabad, India and Bhakhaur, Tibet. Due to Kovid, the temple was not opened to devotees last year. But even though it was opened this year, the temple has been opened to follow the rules of Kovid. Sanitizers and masks were also provided for the devotees in front of the temple while the devotees were sitting in line wearing masks.

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