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Banepa, Kavrepalanchok District, Bagmati · 27.6358°, 85.5322°
A 17th-century pagoda temple on the Punyamata river a kilometre from Banepa, carrying carved struts and a vast painted Bhairava said to be the largest wall painting in the Nepal Mandala. Its outer wall bears a mural of the goddess killing the demon Chanda.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The goddess is said to have destroyed the demon Chanda, whom Shiva's boon had made invulnerable to all but a woman, after he felled the tree she hid in; a lingam grew from his body and stands in a small shrine nearby.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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