Changu Narayan Temple

 A huge stone pillar erected on the north-western corner of the Changu Narayan temple, actually a ceremonial, installed by the nice king Mana Deva in 464 AD, intending to immortalize the good victories made by him throughout his life time. The lower parts of this pillar, which is partly buried beneath ground, have very fantastically composed verses dealing with the references of his nice victories and been inscribed in common Lichhavi script. This is also taken on be the foremost authentic historical proof of the country. Besides, it also has details of the donation, he had made to the Brahmins at that occasion when acting a grand yagyic function. On it, he also had disposed the names of his ancestors beside the name of his ancestors on with the names of his oldsters. But sadly, he did not mention anything regarding the person who wrote it to erect this temple. All these indicates that the temple must are designed somewhere before the time of the Mana Deva

The Changu Narayana temple lies 20 kilometre away to the east of capital of Nepal, on the top of a hill rock, ANd is encircled by an evergreen blooming forest all around it with a typical ancient Nepalese settlement on its shut residential district. The 1541m high hill rock, upon which the temple rests, had also been used as a forest-hill-fort in the past. The place is also illustrious by the names like DOLA SUKHARA, GARUD NARAYANA, CHAMPAKA NARAYAN and DOLA PARVAT. Being situated on a crest, from here, one can conjointly have a awfully pleasant read of the capital of Nepal natural depression and its stunning surroundings.

The authentic history of this place, based on the reliable proof, is yet to be referenced and discovered. So we have a tendency to area unit not during a position to mention something positively regarding the person who wrote it to erect this impressive temple and within the same method, we conjointly cannot say something clearly about the amount on that it may are designed. But even then the historians have tried to fix a tentative date thereto by deducing some tangible and intangible evidences accessible at our disposals. such as, the references provided by the report of the country, the prevailing traditions and myths, are some sources by that the historians have drawn some valuable data, which have been vastly useful to form some inferences to work out its historicity. Among them, the oldest chronicle of the country, “THE GOPAL RAJ VAMSAVALI”, which is believed to be compiled throughout fourteenth century AD, has credited a king named Hari Dutta Verma as its consecrator United Nations agency designed this temple on with 3 alternative temples at the four cardinal directions of the capital of Nepal natural depression, dedicated to the Hindu God Narayan. The other Vaisnavait temples, he had built were the temples of SESA NARAYANA, BISHANKHU NARAYAN and ICHANGU NARAYANA respectively.