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  • Thumbnail for Rani Pokhari
    undermined their cultural importance. During recent excavations, four dhunge dharas were found, one at each of the four corners of the pond. During the construction...
    14 KB (1,455 words) - 00:15, 30 January 2024
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    through which water flows uninterrupted from underground sources. Dhunge dharas are part of a comprehensive drinking water supply system, commissioned by...
    84 KB (9,392 words) - 21:20, 8 March 2024
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    type of canal found in Nepal. It provides water for Irrigation, dhunge dharas, and ponds, and it can be dated back to the Lichhavi era. Tikabhairav Canal...
    3 KB (197 words) - 02:08, 9 May 2024
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    courtyard) has 108 bull faces through which water is poured, called mukti dharas (liberation representing the sacred water from 108 Divya Desams of Hinduism...
    13 KB (1,218 words) - 08:50, 28 July 2024
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    drinking fountains at least as early as 550 AD. They are called dhunge dharas or hitis. They consist of carved stone spouts through which water flows...
    20 KB (1,995 words) - 18:48, 24 July 2024
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    shape of a makara. Contrary to what can be seen in the majority of dhunge dharas, there is no sculpture of Bhagiratha beneath any of the spouts. Most of...
    17 KB (1,937 words) - 11:54, 20 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Guthi
    temples, patis (rest houses), maths (priest houses), and hiti or dhunge dharas (stone water spouts). The revenue is also used for various occasions like...
    5 KB (606 words) - 17:00, 26 July 2024
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    also called dhunge dhara or hiti. The primary function of these dhunge dharas was to provide easily accessible and safe drinking water. Depending on their...
    44 KB (5,256 words) - 13:04, 3 June 2024
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    Lübeck, June 1985, Sankt Augustin 1987 Becker-Ritterspach, R.O.A,Dhunge-Dharas in the Kathmandu Valley - An Outline of their Architectural Development...
    102 KB (10,609 words) - 08:23, 15 June 2024
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    Wright, Cambridge University Press, 1877, retrieved 29 March 2020 Dhunge-Dharas in the Kathmandu Valley. Continuity and Development of Architectural Design...
    30 KB (3,893 words) - 18:40, 10 December 2023
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    drinking fountains at least as early as 550 AD. They are called dhunge dharas or hitis. They consist of intricately carved stone spouts through which...
    74 KB (10,024 words) - 02:12, 31 July 2024
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    bottled mineral water, water from tank trucks and from the ancient dhunge dharas (Nepali: ढुङ्गे धारा) for all the purposes related to water. The city water...
    141 KB (13,570 words) - 12:38, 5 August 2024
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    development, marking an important historical milestone. Under the Panch-Dharas objectives, 75 strategies have been identified, namely Livelihoods and Opportunities...
    106 KB (9,885 words) - 00:49, 4 August 2024
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    Nepal still rely on the old hitis on a daily basis. In 2008 the dhunge dharas of the Kathmandu Valley produced 2.95 million litres of water per day. Of...
    107 KB (12,336 words) - 04:31, 4 August 2024
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    grind him to dust. \ Having agreed before the root and lineage lama Vajra Dharas \ To increase what is good and beneficial to sentient beings and the dharma...
    84 KB (10,559 words) - 08:19, 27 May 2024