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Gopinath Krishna Temple (Radhakrishna Temple)

Name: Gopinath Krishna Temple (Radhakrishna Temple)
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1. Nyatapola Temple – Bhaktapur Durbar Square loop from Bhaktapur

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2. Dattatreya Temple – Nyatapola Temple loop from Aadarsha

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3. Nyatapola Temple – Bhaktapur Durbar Square loop from Bhimsen Gola

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Hubert Trapp

January 8, 2023

The Gopinath Krishna Temple is one of only two pagodas that survive on the plaza - the other being Pashupatinath Temple. The temple was built in the late 17th century and is the product of Bhupatindra Malla. The Gopinath is one of four tirthas collectively known as the Char Dham or "Four Abodes," intended to substitute for distant pilgrimage sites. These stand-ins represent the following locations, all of which were broadly inaccessible to 17th century Nepalis, as each lay at one of the four corners of India: the Jagannath temple of Puri, in southeast India; the Rameswaram temple in Tamil Nadu, in the south; the Dwarka temple in Gujarat, in western India; and the Badrinath temple in Uttarakhand in the Himalayas, in northern India.
Bhupatindra Malla's solution was to place all four of the substitute sites together in one area of the square so that they might all be visited in a matter of minutes.
Somewhat confusingly, the Gopinath Krishna is known by a variety of names: popular known as Radhakrishna; Badrinath, in homage to the original site in India for which it models; Bansi Narayan, assigning the name Badrinath to another of the four tirthas, Gopala of Dvarikanatha, noting that it is dedicated to Krishna.
orientalarchitecture.com/sid/1595/nepal/bhaktapur/gopinath-krishna-temple
bhaktapur.com/discover/radhakrishna-temple

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