Kathmandu - Kaisher Mahal

The palace, Kaisher Mahal, stands at the corner of Tridevi Marg and Kantipath in the middle of a public park, "Garden of Dreams". First built in 1895 it was enlarged in 1908 by Field Marshal Kaisher, brother-in-law of King Tribhuvan, for use as a private residence. The Field Marshal's library rivaled any in private hands in Asia. Now government owned, the palace houses the Ministry of Education and Culture. There is public access to the reading rooms containing the library's collection of 35,000 old books (reference only).