Dattatraya Square, also known ; as Taspal in Newari, is famous for the temple of Dattatraya, Pujari ; Moth, Bhimsen Temple and Peacock Window. The National Art Museum is also located here. The courtyard has number of traditional houses that display fine work of woodcarvings on I their windows and doors.
The Dattatraya temple is a three-storied pagoda temple r constructed in the 15th century by King Yakshya Malla. The temple houses an idol of Dattatraya, a unified form of three principle 1 Hindu gods, Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. The temple is believed / to have been constructed out of a f single tree. Every year, a huge ; number of female devotees throng this temple during the Nepali calendar month of Shrawan (July-August) on the festival of Teej.
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