Model Of Temple Of Pashupatinath
date: label: Accession Date
content: 20 May 1977
name: label: Donor Name
content: U.S. State Department
notes: label: Notes
content: FROM CARD: "TEMPLE MADE OF A SILVER ALLOY, A DOUBLE WIDE ROOFED SQUARE BUILDING WITH DOOR IN EACH SIDE AND OUTSIDE WALLS SCENICALLY CARVED. SET ON PLATFORM WITH PAIR OF LIONS GUARDING EACH DOOR, AND BULL FIGURE IN FRONT OF ONE . ROOF EAVES ARE STRUNG WITH BELLS. HAS BEEN ELECTRICALLY WIRED WITH BULBS INSIDE. MOUNTED ON WOOD PLATFORM."
label: Notes
content: Pashupatinath Temple complex is considered the most sacred Hindu temple in Nepal. Temple is dedicated to Pashupati, an incarnation of Hindu god Shiva. Model is of main temple, designed as a Pagoda-style (Mandapa Shaili) structure; Nandi bull figure is by the Western door. Vice President Spiro Agnew made an official visit to Nepal in January 1970.
label: Record Last Modified
content: 21 Apr 2025
label: Specimen Count
content: 2
place: label: Place
content: Kathmandu, Nepal, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 327220
label: USNM Number
content: E417849-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Temple Model