Bhimsen_Temple

Bhimsen Temple

Bhimsen Temple

Hindu temple in Pokhara, Nepal

The Bhimsen Mandir or Bhimsen Temple is an 18th-century Hindu temple located in Nalamukh, Pokhara, Nepal. Bhimsen is the patron deity of people of Newari ethnicity.[1] The temple like many in Nepal has erotic carvings on the struts.[2][3]

References

  1. [1]
    Tucci, Giuseppe (1969). Rati-līlā: An Interpretation of the Tantric Imagery of the Temples of Nepal. Nagel. pp. 42–43.
  2. [2]
    Finlay, Hugh (1999). Nepal. Lonely Planet. p. 268. ISBN 978-0-86442-704-5.
  3. [3]
    Krishan, Y. "The Erotic Sculptures of India." Artibus Asiae, vol. 34, no. 4, 1972, pp. 331–343. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/3249625. Accessed 2 July 2020.


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