Kathmandu - Degutale Mandir
A century after completion of the great shrine to Taleju, a temple was built by Shivasimha Malla honoring the Mallas' other family deity, Degutale. It resembles Taleju's shrine but with a tower-like base in place of the stepped platform. The worship of Degutale has its origins in a nature cult, the images being pieces of rock which the Newaris set up and worshipped.
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Mask of Shveta Bhairava
The gilded mask of the Shveta (White) Bhairava occupies a niche just to the west of the Degutale Temple. Appropriately - given the angrily distorted features of the god - the carved trellis-work screen seems to offer protection. The image was erected in 1795 by Rana Bahadur Shah who commissioned the large Taleju clock at the same time.
