Dharahara additionally called Bhimsen Tower, was a nine-story, 61.88-meter-tall (203.0 ft)tower at the focal point of Sundhara in Kathmandu. It was inherent 1832 by Mukhtiyar (identical to Prime Minister) Bhimsen Thapa under the commission of Queen Lalit Tripura Sundari and was a part of the engineering of Kathmandu perceived by UNESCO.
The tower had a winding staircase containing 213 stages. The eighth floor held a roundabout overhang for onlookers that gave an all encompassing perspective of the Kathmandu valley. It likewise had a 5.2-meter (17 ft) bronze pole on the rooftop.
The vast majority of the tower broken down in the 25 April 2015 Nepal quake, yet the base remains. Around 180 bodies were found in the rubble.
Dharahara in Kathmandu was the tallest working in Nepal and the second such tower worked by Bhimsen Thapa.The first tower was fabricated eight years before in 1824 and was 11 stories high, two stories taller than the Dharahara. Dharahara is said to be worked for Queen Lalit Tripura Sundari, who was the niece of Bhimsen Thapa.
Amid the seismic tremor of 1834, both towers survived, however the primary Bhimsen's tower endured serious harm. After a century, on 15 January 1934, another quake totally annihilated the principal tower, and just two of the 11 stories of the second tower remained. The then Prime Minister of Nepal, Juddha Shumsher, in this way completed redesign work of the Dharahara tower to completely restore it. After the first Bhimsen Tower was devastated, Queen Lalit Tripura Sundari's tower got to be known as 'Bhimsen Stambha' or 'Bhimsen Tower'.
Stays after the 2015 tremor
Dharahara was built for military use as a watchtower. At the point when episodes of national significance happened, trumpets were blown from the top floor of the tower. This was the sign for fighters to amass. This custom of cornet trumpeting proceeded until the breakdown of the tower.
On 25 April 2015, another seismic tremor, with an expected extent of 7.9 (Mw), hit the area, prompting the breakdown of the tower. The quake's epicenter was around 29 kilometers (18 mi) east-southeast of Lamjung, Nepal. The structure broken down and just its base survived.
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