Pratap Dhoj
Golden images of Pratap Malla and his family decorate the column top of the PratapDhoj temple. This column was built by Pratap Malla in the seventeenth century.
Columns of this sort have been traditionally put up more as a token of respect to the divine than for self-love. The Pratap Column faces the temple of Degu Taleju, who is the family divinity of the Mallas.
Pratap Malla built this column essentially to express his devotion to his principal deity.
According to inscription on this column, the memorial was created for Pratap Malla, his two queens Priya Devi and Prabhawati Devi and his five princes Bhupendra Malla, Chakravartendra Malla, Mahipatendra Malla, Nripendra Malla and Parthivendra Malla.
Columns of this sort have been traditionally put up more as a token of respect to the divine than for self-love. The Pratap Column faces the temple of Degu Taleju, who is the family divinity of the Mallas.
Pratap Malla built this column essentially to express his devotion to his principal deity.
According to inscription on this column, the memorial was created for Pratap Malla, his two queens Priya Devi and Prabhawati Devi and his five princes Bhupendra Malla, Chakravartendra Malla, Mahipatendra Malla, Nripendra Malla and Parthivendra Malla.