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Ganeshthan Temple
Bharatpur, Chitwan District · 27.7061°, 84.4486°
GaneshaModern—
Sacred since
1400 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
rebuilt 1952; origin 15th c.
Modern
History & significance
A Ganesha temple in ward 11 of Bharatpur in Chitwan District whose original shrine is placed in the fifteenth century and credited to Muni Makunda, king of Palpa; the present building went up in 1952 during the reign of King Mahendra, and worshippers gather chiefly on Tuesdays.