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Dattatreya Temple

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Dattatreya Temple

Name: Dattatreya Temple
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Hubert Trapp

January 8, 2023

The Dattatreya Temple stands at the east end of the Tachapal Tol, a small square on the east side of Bhaktapur. It honours the composite deity Dattatreya, comprising aspects of Vishnu, Brahma, and Shiva. The temple was originally founded as a sattal, a kind of public rest house sometime in the 15th century.
The Dattatreya was probably erected between 1428-67, either by Jayayakshya (Yaksa) Malla (reign 1428-82) or by his son Raya Malla (reign 1482-1504). It was originally intended as a rest house for Shiva ascetics. At some later date, probably during the reign of Vishwa Malla (reign 1547-60) or Raya Jitamitra Malla (reign 1673-96), the design was altered to change the sattal into that of a temple for worshipping Dattatreya. This required several architectural changes which fully manifested themselves over the course of four centuries.
It is presumed that in 1769 when King Prithivi Narayan Shah conquered both Kathamndu and Patan before Bhaktapur, the king of those kingdoms, King Jaya Prakash Malla and Narsimha Malla respectively took shelter in this temple.
orientalarchitecture.com/sid/1495/nepal/bhaktapur/dattatreya-temple
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Suraj

November 9, 2024

The Dattatraya temple is also considered one of the major as well as oldest temples of Bhaktapur.

King Yaksha Malla, who ruled over the entire Nepalmandal from 1428 A.D. to 1482 A.D. is supposed to be the erector of this temple. As per the book, Illustrated Biography of Lord Duttatreya And His 24 Mentors, this temple was built in Nepal Sambat 590 (1470 A.D.) and was only single-storeyed then.

However, it is mentioned that the temple was opened to the public onward 1486 A.D, only after the demise of King Yakshya Malla, of course, before the reconstruction made by King Raya Malla (the son of King Yakshya Malla). He made it more attractive by adding stories to it in Nepal Sambat 615 (1495 A.D).

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