Kathmandu, April 25

President Bidhya Devi Bhandari today visited Basantapur area and Hanumandhoka Durbar Museum and took stock of the progress on reconstruction of heritage monuments damaged or destroyed in the 2015 earthquakes.

President Bhandari also visited the temporary exhibition ‘Resilience within the rubble’ which aims to provide information about the pre- and post-earthquake scenarios across Kathmandu valley.

The exhibition was jointly inaugurated by the Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation Rabindra Adhikari, Mayor of Kathmandu Metropolitan City Bidya Sundar Shakya and Director General of Department of Archaeology Bhes Narayan Dahal.

Photographs of heritage monuments before and after the earthquakes, archaeological objects retrieved from the rubble of destroyed temples and replicas of famous temples in Kathmandu valley have been put on display at the exhibition being held at Purano Dhukuti (old treasury).

Speaking at the ceremony, Minister Adhikari said, “The local levels and government offices must work together to achieve the goal of rebuilding all the remaining heritage monuments within the stipulated time.”

Minister Adhikari also inaugurated a gold plated statues of King Pratap Malla, his wife and two sons that were recently reconstructed. The exhibition is being organised with support from Department of Archaeology, Hanumandhoka Durbar Museum, UK’s Durham University and Heritage conservation society.

The ninth anniversary of the founding of Hanumandhoka Museum was also marked amid a function today.