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Early modern · Hindu · Nepal
Jal Binayak Temple
Chobhar, Kathmandu District · 27.6583°, 85.2933°
GaneshMallaPagoda
Sacred since
1603 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
present pagoda rebuilt 871 NS (c. 1751)
Malla
History & significance
The foremost Ganesh shrine of the Chobhar area south of Kathmandu, first raised in Nepal Sambat 723 by the Malla king Shiva Singh; Sri Nivas Malla of Patan added its finial in 789 NS and Rajya Prakash Malla of Kathmandu rebuilt the present pagoda in 871 NS.