Pujari Math
Pujari Math is the oldest of the dozen Hindu priestly houses ( math ) in the Nepalese city of Bhaktapur on Tacapal Tol in the upper city. It is known for its wooden peacock window .
It was built in the 15th century by the sannyasi Gosain Gurubaska Giri under the reign of Jayayakshya Malla (1428–1482). In 1763 it was renewed.
It was badly damaged in an earthquake in 1934. After Niels Gutschow crawled through the ruins for the first time in 1962, he and his colleagues from the Technical University of Darmstadt Wilfried Kröger, Gerhard Auer and Hans Busch were able to restore it by April 1972 as part of the Bhaktapur Development Project . Today it houses a museum for traditional carving art.
Web links
Commons : Pujari Math, Bhaktapur - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ Shaphalya Amatya: Pujari Math: The Background History of the Bhaktapur Development Project. In: Ancient Nepal, 106 (1988): pp. 1-7 ( online ).
- ↑ Pujari Math on lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
- ↑ Daniel Bazyk: engineering from Darmstadt saves historic buildings. Darmstadt echo . April 29, 2015, accessed April 19, 2016.
literature
- Niels Gutschow : The Pujahari Math: a Survey of Newar Building Techniques and Restoration Methods in the Valley of Kathmandu . In: EAST AND WEST (New Series, Vol. 26, Nos. 1-2, March-June 1976), IsMEO, Rome, p. 191-216.