Taleju Bell — Attraction in Lalitpur Metropolitan City

Taleju bell or Big bell is installed north of chyasi deval (Octagonal Krishna Mandir). This bell is also called Taleju bell because it is installed in the vicinity of Taleju temple. Taleju was considered to be the family goddess or Kuldevi of the then Mall royal family. The big bell made from cast iron is hanging between two stout pillars & was placed by King Vishnu Malla in 1736 after the earlier bell donated in 1703 was moved to the Rato Machhindranath Temple. During that time, this bell used to be rung in order to signal incoming invaders, and to make royal and other important announcements. Another idea for its construction was that Petitioners (citizens) could ring the bell to alert the king to...

ancient mallas dynasty era people used this Bell 🔔 as a notifying or notification for villagers of patan to announce or to give some notice from by royal rulers , and also while worshipping goddess taleju bhawani the sound of 🔔 was offered to goddess . Nowadays every year in the day of Navaratri or Dashain or mohini the Bell 🔔 is used while performing astamartika nach Wich is also an mask dance of different character God and goddess and also popular classical...

When the kings ruled over Nepal, grievances were not solved through a toll free, customer care number. Rather, it was solved with the Taleju Bell. Of course, there weren’t any phones back then so the rulers found out new, unique ways to hear their disciples. The bell, which is ancient and huge hangs between two stout pillars, providing...