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Jagannath Temple

Prijun Koirala

4 years ago

Shikhara style temple located in the middle quadrangle surrounded by structures of carved  wooden windows. The brick sanctum is surrounded by an octagonal porch with 28 large wooden pillars.  The temple is made by Bhava Singh Pradhan or Tavdik Bharo and his wife Sivalaksmi in 1792AD. 

It is  vaishnavite temple with stone figure of Krishna Balram and Subhadra kept in sanctum. It has 780 bighas  of land in tarai region of Nepal. 

A wooden palaquine kept inside the wester sattal is used once a year on the second day of Krishna Astami to celebrate khata yatra.