Dharahara

Also known as Bhimsen Tower, Dharahara Tower

Dharahara or Bhimsen Stambha (; or ), is a tower at the centre of Sundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal. It was first built in 1832 by Mukhtiyar (equivalent to Prime Minister) Bhimsen Thapa under the commission of Queen Lalit Tripurasundari and was a part of the architecture of Kathmandu recognized by UNESCO. It has been destroyed and reconstructed several times.

Key facts

Building.name: Dharahara
Building.image: File:Dharahara new tower.jpg
Building.caption: The reconstructed Dharahara
Building.location: Sundhara, Kathmandu, Nepal
Building.architect: Debendra Nepal
Building.status: Complete (reconstructed)
Building.completion_date: or later
Building.pushpin_map: Kathmandu#Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal
Building.map_caption: Location in Kathmandu Valley##Location in Bagmati Province##Location in Nepal
Building.alternate_names: Bhimsen Tower
Building.location_country: Nepal
Building.architectural_style: Mughal and neoclassical style
Building.destruction_date: (1934 earthquake; two of the original nine storeys remained) (2015 earthquake; a stump of the base remained)
Building.website: https://dharahara.gov.np/

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Wikidata facts

Image: Kathmandu Bhimsen Tower.jpg
Height: 61.88

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inception: 1936-00-00
native label: धरहरा
floors above ground: 9
Commons category: Dharahara
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 2015-04-25

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History
2015 earthquake
Reconstruction and inauguration
Architecture
Before collapse
New Dharahara Tower
Gallery
See also
References

The tower has a spiral staircase containing 213 steps. The eighth floor holds a circular balcony for observers that provides a panoramic view of the Kathmandu Valley. It also has a bronze mast on the roof.