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Kageshwor Temple
An individually named temple in the official 2015 earthquake damage assessment.
Hanumandhoka, Kathmandu · Bagmati Province
Not established
As documented: date not establishedApproximate locality
27.7041°, 85.3065° · not a surveyed footprintHow to read this history
- Approximate locality marker. Where the reference locates a square or another temple in the same precinct, the coordinate identifies that locality and is not a surveyed building footprint.
- Access date is not a field inspection. This selected chronology is not a complete list of all episodes.
- Underlying bibliography is available with access status; independent specialist review remains outstanding.
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 official assessment lists the temple as collapsed.
eventSupported in consulted sourcesThe official assessment lists the temple as collapsed.
Assessment records condition in July 2015. Surviving a quake does not mean a building was undamaged. No completion date for later repairs is inferred.
- Kathmandu Valley joint monitoring mission: Annex 8 damage inventory ↗Nepal Department of Archaeology / UNESCO, ICOMOS and ICCROM · Annex 8, 30 July 2015 assessment, serial 11; PDF pages 82–84 · Accessed 2026-09-28
dateSupported in consulted sources25 April 2015
- Kathmandu Valley joint monitoring mission: Annex 8 damage inventory ↗Nepal Department of Archaeology / UNESCO, ICOMOS and ICCROM · Annex 8, 30 July 2015 assessment, serial 11; PDF pages 82–84 · 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; not a surveyed historic footprint.
- Kathmandu Durbar Square — article and references ↗Wikipedia contributors · History / damage account; see source context · Accessed 2026-09-28
Current physical condition has not been independently checked for this edition.
Source context
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References are discovery leads unless marked as consulted.
- Kathmandu 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 - Kathmandu Valley joint monitoring mission: Annex 8 damage inventory ↗ · Nepal Department of Archaeology / UNESCO, ICOMOS and ICCROM
Original PDF, pages 82–84: assessment updated 30 July 2015. Cross-checked PDF text layer corrects misaligned scraped rows. Records historical damage, not the present condition.
Discovery: Wikipedia reference trail or independent source search · Access: direct