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Kasthamandap

A wooden pavilion housing a Gorakhnath shrine collapsed in the 2015 earthquake.

Kathmandu · Bagmati Province

LAST DOCUMENTED CONDITION

Rebuilt

As documented: 2026-09-28
LOCATION PRECISION

Approximate locality

27.7040°, 85.3058° · not a surveyed footprint

How to read this history

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.

  1. Destruction · natural causeOpen this episode on the map ↗

    25 April 2015 AD

    The earthquake brought down the pavilion and shrine structure; later reconstruction followed.

    eventSupported in consulted sources

    The earthquake brought down the pavilion and shrine structure; later reconstruction followed.

    dateSupported in consulted sources

    25 April 2015

    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; not a surveyed historic footprint.

    present conditionAttributed · further checking needed

    The consulted account describes a later rebuilt shrine.

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