ID: 700008635 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700008635	Record Type: Built Work
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Vatsala Durga temple (temple (building); unknown architects, patron: King Jitamitra Malla; reconstruc...; 1696; altered early 18th centu...; Bhaktapur (Bāgmatī, Nepāl, Asia, World, Top of the ...; )

Note: Destroyed by earthquake in 2015, undergoing reconstruction. Was located in Bhaktapur on Durbar Square, Katmandu Valley, Nepal.

Titles:

Vatsala Durga temple (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

temple (building) [300007595] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, ceremonial structures, religious structures, religious buildings)

World Heritage Site [300263063]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Built Complexes and Districts (hierarchy name), complexes (buildings and sites), <complexes by function>, sites (locations))

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1696; altered early 18th century; reconstruction began 2015

Creator Display:

unknown architects, patron: King Jitamitra Malla; reconstructed by King Bhupatindra Malla [preferred,VP]

architects unknown Nepalese (Nepalese cultural designation) [500203915]

patron Jitamitra Malla (Nepalese Malla dynasty king, 1663-1696) [500372732]

patron Bhupatindra Malla (Nepalese Malla dynasty king, 1695-1722) [500372733]

Locations:

Current: Bhaktapur [1083263] Bagmati Province (province), Nepal (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Address Note: 27°40′19.86″N 85°25′42.43″E

Display Materials: sandstone, upon a three-stage plinth

	masonry construction (technique or process) [300404383]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (assembling), <construction technique by form or materials>)

	sandstone [300011376]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), sedimentary rock, <sedimentary rock by composition>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Events:

destruction: by earthquake, April 2015

Cultures:

Nepalese (preferred)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

religion and mythology

Specific Subjects:

	Vatsala Devi [901001416]
	.....((Hindu characters, Hindu iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: religious, ceremonial, and funerary structures

Sources and Contributors:
Vatsala Durga temple	........ [VP]
	........ NY Times (1851-)
	........ Brown, Indian Architecture (1956)
	........ UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... NY Times (1851-)
	..... UNESCO World Heritage Centre [online] (1992-)