Harihar Bhawan

Harihar Bhawan
General information
Architectural style Neoclassical architecture and European styles of architecture
Town or city Kathmandu
Country Nepal
Cost Unknown
Client Chandra Shumsher JBR
Technical details
Structural system Brick and Mortar
Design and construction
Architect Kumar Narasingh Rana and Kishor Narasingh Rana

Harihar Bhawan is a Rana palace in Patan, Nepal the capital of the Nepal. The palace complex, located west of the Sri Durbar, was incorporated in an impressive and vast array of courtyards, gardens and buildings.

History

The palace complex lay in the heart of Kathmandu, to the west of the Sri Durbar.[1] Build by Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana for his second son Sankar Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana.[2] After death of his father in 1929 Shankar Shamsher moved to Harihar Bhawan and stayed there until 1950, when he was sent to The UK as the ambassador of Kingdom of Nepal. In 1953, Shankar Shumsher was recalled from service but he choose to stay in the UK.

Under Government of Nepal

After Shankar Shumsher stayed in the UK, The Government of Nepal nationalized all his properties along with Harihar Bhawan [2] Currently this palace is occupied by Department of Agriculture, National Library of Nepal and National Human Rights Commission.[3]

Earthquake 2015

Front Portico of Harihar Bhawan

This palace was partially damaged during the April 2015 Nepal earthquake. Harihar Bhawanwas designated unsafe and received a red sticker. Currently the Department of Agriculture, National Library of Nepal and National Human Rights Commission has started evacuation. The future of this Historical building is unknown.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "THE HISTORIC DURBARS OF KATHMANDU". Shankerhotels.com.np. 2014-10-19. Retrieved 2015-06-05.
  2. 1 2 JBR, PurushottamShamsher (2007). Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu [Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era] (in Nepali). Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 978-9994611027. Retrieved 2015. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "Ministry of Education: Singadurbar,Kathmandu, Nepal". Moe.gov.np. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. ↑ "Rana palaces after the earthquake". Nepalitimes.com. May 20, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-04.

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