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Kavrepalanchok District Banepa Municipality Ward No 4 Lagan Toll, Nala's famous ancient Ugrachandi Bhagwati Temple. This temple is also called Ugratara Bhagwati and Bhagwati temple. It is also one of the famous Bhagwati temples in Nepal. The temple is located 23 km east of Kathmandu near the forest. Although the exact date of construction of this four-storied temple is not known, it was renovated by Raja Jagat Prakash Malla in 1604 BS. It is mentioned that the first floor of this south-facing temple was built by King Jagat Prakash Malla in 1699 AD, the second floor by the king of Patan in 1703 AD and the fourth floor by Devananda, a rich man from Nala. It is seen from the records that Devananda's three sons forced him to put a gold pendant on the roof of the fourth floor. The construction work of the temple was completed on the 2nd of Baishakh, 1703 BS. According to the records of 1707 BS inside this temple, he had built a temple at the time when Vishwabharo Naal, the chief of Tulachen tol of Bhaktapur, was the chief ruler of the country. Among the two types of idols inside the Ugrachandi Bhagwati temple, the idol of Shila is always present in the temple and the gold-plated idol is placed at the forefront along with the idol of Akshay Tritiya, Indrajatra, Duckss exhibition on the day of Punirma, Kartik Punirma and Daru Puja four times a year. There is a tradition of keeping it in the sitting house. The statue of Ugrachandi Bhagwati is said to be from the 10th century. It has been a tradition to place the idol of Bhagwati with an eighteen-sided idol of gold Molamba three days after Indrajatra and on the day of Vijayadashami. On the day of Vijayadashami, the idol of Ugrachandi Bhagwati, who killed the Mahishasura demon in the middle of the night, is shown to the public for about two hours at midnight and then placed in the house of the deity. A copper pylon is placed above the entrance of this temple. At the entrance, two large lions of stone and two small lions in brass guard the temple. There is a large idol of Mahishasurabhardini Bhagwati in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. On the right side of the goddess there is a giant and on top of that there is Mahadev, Vdarpal and also a statue of the sun. There are three large pillars in front of the temple. Below that is a tortoise. In the temple complex, on the left side of the temple, there is an artistic stone spout, Ganesha's temple and on the south side, there is also Narayan place. There are also statues of Lakshmi Narayan, Mahalakshmi, Uma Maheshwari, Saraswati and Kumar carved in the rock. These goddesses are also called Tantric goddesses. There is a tradition of sacrificing Buffalo born on the day of Dashain when sacrificing in Dashain festival. Indrajatra's Tritiya and Dashai festivals also have fairs. There is a huge crowd of devotees on that day. There is a tradition of offering Punch sacrifice in this temple. On that day, bulls, goats, ducks, chickens and sheep are sacrificed to Bhagwati. Buffalo horns are also hung above the main entrance of the temple.

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