BHAKTAPUR: The Changunarayan Temple, enlisted in the list of World Heritage Sites, is at a high risk of being destroyed in a landslide.

The Temple is at the high risk after landslides occurred in both east and west sides of the Temple. Locals are worried as no any initiative was not taken to control the landslides for a long term.

Priest Chakradharanand Rajopadhyay said that the landslip on the western side of the temple has reached up to the Chandrasurya shrine, one of the nine such shrines located to the west of the temple.

He complained that nobody paid attention to protect the Temple even when it was in such dire straits.

Locals said that the rampant quarrying of sands from rivers also put the Temple at added risk and informed that the landslip had been taking place there for the past six years.

They also blamed the District Development Committee, the Department of Archaeology and the District Administration Office for not taking any measures to control the landslips.