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Hari Shankar Temple, Patan
A Shiva–Vishnu temple rebuilt after the 2015 earthquake.
Patan Durbar Square · Bagmati Province
Rebuilt
As documented: 2019-10Approximate locality
27.6734°, 85.3250° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- Square-level coordinate; the temple is adjacent to other individually documented shrines.
- Dates of source consultation are not dates of field inspection. Historical events do not establish the current condition.
- No independent specialist review. Complete site history and underlying reference assessment remain open.
AI-assisted source review: 2026-09-28. Independent specialist review: not completed.
The recorded chronology
Selected episodes. Rebuilding and later changes are distinguished from damage.
- Destruction · natural causeOpen this episode on the map ↗
25 April 2015 AD
The earthquake destroyed the temple above plinth level.
eventSupported in consulted sourcesThe earthquake destroyed the temple above plinth level.
Department of Archaeology report, Patan monument-zone section: Hari-Shankar temple.
- Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site: Updated Report, 1 February 2017 ↗Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateSupported in consulted sources25 April 2015
- Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site: Updated Report, 1 February 2017 ↗Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal · Damage/history passage identified in the source context on the Sources page · Accessed 2026-09-28
actorUnknownNo human actor: natural damage.
Cause and responsibility must not be inferred from a ruin alone.
Location & last documented condition
Approximate locality coordinate; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Patan Durbar Square — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
KVPT records completed rebuilding in October 2019.
- Earthquake Response Campaign ↗Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Source context
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References are discovery leads unless marked as consulted.
- Earthquake Response Campaign ↗ · Kathmandu Valley Preservation Trust
Conservation organization project register: Harishankara, Charnarayana and Krishna temple work; use completed dates, not planned future completions.
Discovery: Expansion review: original institution/report or Wikipedia reference trail · Access: direct - Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site: Updated Report, 1 February 2017 ↗ · Department of Archaeology, Government of Nepal
Full 36-page report consulted. Individual monument-zone sections distinguish full collapse from structural damage. Page-specific passages are noted in case caveats.
Discovery: Expansion review: original institution/report or Wikipedia reference trail · Access: direct - Patan Durbar Square — article and references ↗ · Wikipedia contributors
Article text consulted. Underlying works are separately inventoried; this source is not independent corroboration.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct