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Tanga Temple

NEPAL, Patan
It is also called Caku Temple and its Sanskrit name is Balarcana Dev Samskarita Jyesthavarna Mahavihara. It is suggested that King Balarcana Dev (reign years unknown) built this temple in the 7th century during the Lichhavi period (circa 300-879). However, the earliest record found mentioning this temple is dated 1125 during the Thakuri period. It underwent major renovation in 1866.
　 Facing west, the main shrine is a freestanding two-story building with two eaves. There are double doors on each of the four sides of the shrine. On the tympanum above the main door there is a copper repouss

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