Bhaktapur - Siddhilakshmi Shikhara

Closing the vista on the east side of Durbar Square, and separating it from the open space beyond, is the late 17th c. Siddhilakshmi Bhagwati Temple, another shikhara. The steeply stepped platform once boasted a substantial "guard" of horses, hippopotamuses, lions and camels as well as a pair of human figures dressed in the fashion of the day. A stone relief in front of the shrine depicts the mother deities.