Kabindrapuri/Kabindrapur Temple/Dhansa Temple Kathmandu,Nepal

Kabindrapur, a location in Kathmandu, Nepal, features a 17th-century wooden temple called Dhansa Dega, which houses the god of music, and is an ornate performance pavilion. Kabindrapur Temple, also known as Dhansa, is a multi-story building within Kathmandu Durbar Square, built by Pratap Malla in 1673 to house a new masked dance of Narasimha, an incarnation of Vishnu, and also serves as a shrine and a guthhi (community) house.

In the South west corner of Kathmandu Durbar Square & similarly, In the south east direction from the Kasthamandap, there is a three storied Kavindra puri or a temple of Nasal devata (Natyeshwar Shiva). It is also called Kavindrapura, Marunasaḥdyaḥ, Marunasaḥ, Nasadyaḥ, and the Dhansa temple. The Nasal god is on the ground floor. In the “traditional” interpretation, the Kavindrapur was built to placate Narasiṃha, for whom the temple was dedicated. The building was built by King Pratap Malla during his regime.It is built by king Pratap Malla (r. 1650-74).The word “Kavindrapur” means the “Mansion of Kavindra,” with Kavindra referring to Pratap Malla himself, who styled himself “Lord of Poets” (Kavindra).Today, the temple is a three-story structure facing west, with a long facade relative to its height. We can see beautifully carved windows and doors only at the front face of the temple. The Kavindrapur was established as a sattal, a kind of dharmasala or public rest house for itinerant holy men and other travelers. It was functionally similar to the Kasthamandapa (Maru Sattal) ,& the Singha Sattal—stands on the south side of the square, making the Maru Tol the only public square in Nepal bounded on three sides by sattals.