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Changu Narayan Temple

A surviving temple and sacred precinct with earthquake damage.

Changunarayan, Bhaktapur · Bagmati Province

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Not established

As documented: date not established

LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

27.7163°, 85.4279° · not a surveyed footprint

How to read this history

Dates of source consultation are not dates of field inspection. Historical events do not establish the current condition.
No independent specialist review. Complete site history and underlying reference assessment remain open.

AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.

The recorded chronology

Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.

Damage · natural causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
April–May 2015 AD earthquakes
The main temple required structural conservation after earthquake damage.
eventSupported in consulted sources
The main temple required structural conservation after earthquake damage.
Department of Archaeology report, Changu Narayan monument-zone section; no total destruction of the principal temple is claimed.
- Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site: Updated Report, 1 February 2017 ↗Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateSupported in consulted sources
April–May 2015 earthquakes
- Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site: Updated Report, 1 February 2017 ↗Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorUnknown
No human actor: natural damage.
Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.
Partial destruction · natural causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
25 April 2015 AD · precinct components
Alongside damage to the main temple, the assessment records collapse of the Laxminarayan and Shiva shrines in the same precinct.
eventSupported in consulted sources
Alongside damage to the main temple, the assessment records collapse of the Laxminarayan and Shiva shrines in the same precinct.
Components remain part of this complex dossier and are not counted as additional independent sites.
- Kathmandu Valley joint monitoring mission: Annex 8 damage inventory ↗Nepal Department of Archaeology / UNESCO, ICOMOS and ICCROM · Annex 8, serials 151–154 · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateSupported in consulted sources
25 April 2015 · precinct components
- Kathmandu Valley joint monitoring mission: Annex 8 damage inventory ↗Nepal Department of Archaeology / UNESCO, ICOMOS and ICCROM · Annex 8, serials 151–154 · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorUnknown
No human actor: natural damage.
Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.

Location & last documented condition

locationSupported in consulted sources

Approximate locality coordinate; not a surveyed historic footprint.

Changu Narayan Temple — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28

present conditionUnknown

Present physical condition has not been independently established in this edition.

Source context

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References are discovery leads unless marked as consulted.

Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site: Updated Report, 1 February 2017 ↗ · Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal
Full 36-page report consulted. Individual monument-zone sections distinguish full collapse from structural damage. Page-specific passages are noted in case caveats.
Discovery: Expansion review: original institution/report or Wikipedia reference trail · Access: direct
Changu Narayan Temple — article and references ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
Article text consulted. Underlying works are separately inventoried; this source is not independent corroboration.
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Kathmandu Valley joint monitoring mission: Annex 8 damage inventory ↗ · Nepal Department of Archaeology / UNESCO, ICOMOS and ICCROM
Original PDF, pages 82–84: assessment updated 30 July 2015. Cross-checked PDF text layer corrects misaligned scraped rows. Records historical damage, not the present condition.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct

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