Built in 1564 by King Mahendra Malla, thes is the most famous of the three Talaju temples built by the Malla kings. It is situated in Trishul Chowk, an appendange of Hanuman Dhoka Palace, but can also ce approached by way of this Singha Dhoka or Lion Gate. The temle stands over 36.6 meters high, resting on a twelve-stage plinth. Its three roofs soar above the rest of the Hanuman Dhoka comlex and until build a house higher than this temple. At the eighteen platform on which a wall is mounted, barring further regress. On the platform just outside this wall there are twelve, miniature temples each with a double roof and all other appurtenances of a temple built in the Nepalese style. the same theme is repeated inside the wall, where there are four more such temples, each having a spire, one of the symbols of the attributes of goddess Talaju. On the south side, where the main door is found, there are large stone images of men and beasts, each one a powerful protecting force. At the top, on the final stage of the plinth, is a finely wrought bell on either side of the main door of the temple, one erected by Pratap Malla in 1654 and one by Bhaskar Malla in 1714. They are rung only when worship is offered to goddess Talaju.
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