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Bhaktapur

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bhaktapur or Bhadgaon , city (1991 pop. 61,405), E Nepal, in a valley 4,553 ft (1,401 m) above sea level, surrounded by high Himalayan peaks. It is a processing center for the crops of the surrounding area; textiles and ceramics are produced. A religious center, Bhaktapur was founded in 12th cent. by King Ananda Malla as Khwopa, the capital of the Newar Malla kingdom. When the Gurkhas conquered the Nepal valley in 1768, Bhaktapur surrendered peacefully, thereby escaping their plunder. Landmarks include many ornate temples and the well-preserved palace (c.1700) built by King Bhupatindra Malla.... Read more
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Bhaktapur, Nepal ‘Town of the Faithful’ from the Nepalese bhakt ‘believer’ and pur . It is also called Bhatgaon or Bhādgaon to mean ‘Land of Rice’ from bhāt ‘rice’ and gāun ‘land’. Read more
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The Red City of Bhaktapur
; ...Straits Times 03-16-2003 The Red City of Bhaktapur Edition: 2* Memo: (STF) - Nepal's Bhaktapur `village-city' is ageing truly well by retaining...travel 10km east of the capital of Nepal to Bhaktapur. Bhaktapur is a small city that has three... Read more
Handling Death: The Dynamics of Death and Ancestor Rituals Among the Newars of Bhaktapur, Nepal
; ...Ancestor Rituals Among the Newars of Bhaktapur, Nepal. (Ethno-Indology: Heidelberg Studies...fieldwork experience among the Newar of Bhaktapur, and the indologist Axel Michaels, who...fabric and ritual organisation of death in Bhaktapur. This section describes the spatial order... Read more
Within the Rules - The Hindu Women of Bhaktapur, Nepal.
; ...grow up a woman in the ancient city of Bhaktapur in central Nepal. Ritual and tradition...light glances from the temple roofs of Bhaktapur. In the growing penumbra, people begin...thirteenth to the eighteenth centuries, Bhaktapur reached its height in the fifteenth century... Read more
Operating a compost plant in the Himalayan Kingdom
; ...weaknesses of the system. THE ANCIENT city of Bhaktapur is located in Kathmandu Valley approximately...Himalayas between northern India and Tibet. Bhaktapur sits on top of a small hill which rises...city. According to the 1991 census, the Bhaktapur Municipality had 9,187 households with... Read more
(book reviews)
; ...plates. This anthropological study of Bhaktapur is certainly one of the densest books...trimmed. After all, the main point about Bhaktapur is that it is caught in a time warp...symbolic organization of space in and around Bhaktapur, setting the stage for part III. This... Read more
Himalaya quake kills 600
; BHAKTAPUR, Nepal A powerful earthquake shook the Himalayas along...people were killed and 17 injured in the ancient town of Bhaktapur, about eight miles east of Katmandu, where at least 50...a balcony collapsed on me," said Moti Bahadur, 50, a Bhaktapur resident who was hospitalized with head injuries. ... Read more
Ex-rebel is a wild card in Nepal election.(N)
; ...MATTHEW ROSENBERG By Matthew Rosenberg The Associated Press BHAKTAPUR, Nepal He's known as Prachanda - the fierce one - and after...foreheads and flower garlands around their necks. At the rally in Bhaktapur, Prachanda entered in a procession led by men banging cymbals... Read more
Nepal-India deaths from quake climb past 980
; BHAKTAPUR, Nepal (AP) An earthquake that devastated parts of Nepal and India this week has killed more than 980 people, officials from the... Read more
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; 00-00-0000 Map of Nepal Nepal China India Ban. Bhu. Kathmandu Patan Bhaktapur Hetauda Birganj Jaleswar Biratnagar Thimpu Dharan Nepalganj Pokhara Chyangma Lukla Namche Bazar Tansen Janakpur Bhairahawa Langtang Mustang Udhaipur Garhi Read more
Listed terror held in Ctg, THE INDEPENDENT
; 00-00-0000 CHITTAGONG, Aug 4: Police arrested one CMP listed terrorist from Bhaktapur area in the port city last night. The arrested Delower Hossain alias Delu was accused in four criminal cases including extortion... Read more

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