Tripurasundari, also known as Lalit Tripura Sundari Devi, was a queen consort of Nepal by marriage to King Rana Bahadur Shah of Nepal. Widowed at a very young age and childless, she served as regent o
Statue of Queen Tripurasundari
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Dharahara or Bhimsen Stambha, is a 72-metre-tall tower at the centre of Sundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal. It was first built in 1832 by Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa under the commission of Queen Lalit Tripurasun
Queen Tripurasundari of Nepal
…and, with her encouragement, her stepson Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah and step grandson Rajendra Bikram Shah each wrote three books. The construction of Dharahara was commissioned by either Tripurasundari or Bhimsen Thapa on her behalf. The tower collapsed in the 2015 Nepal earthquake, and now has been reconstructed…
DHARAHARA TOWER
Bhimsen Stamba