Attraction of Ancient Bhaktapur is Nyatapola Temple.

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Taumadi is famous for the Nyatapola temple and Bhairab temple. It is an open area located just south-east of Bhaktapur Durbar square.

The Nyatapola temple is one of the oldest temples still in existence today.It is a five storage pagoda style temple of Goddess Siddhi Laxmi erected by Bhupendra Mall.
The huge staircase of this temple has multiple pairs of unique stone sculpture , one on each side . The bottom two statues are those of Rajput wrestlers Jayamal and Phattu The temple is well built as it survived both the 1934 and the 2016 earthquake.