Madhyapur Thimi
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Madhyapur Thimi Thimi मध्यपुर थिमि |
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Layaku (Royal Palace of Madhyapur Thimi)
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 Madhyapur Thimi
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| Coordinates: 27°40′50″N 85°22′55″E / 27.68056°N 85.38194°ECoordinates: 27°40′50″N 85°22′55″E / 27.68056°N 85.38194°E | |
| Country |
 Nepal
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| Development Region | Central Development Region (CDR) |
| Zone | Bagmati Zone |
| District | Bhaktapur District |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 83,036 |
| • Religions | Hindu, Buddhist |
| Time zone | NST (UTC+5:45) |
| Postal code | 44811 |
| Area code(s) | 01 |
| Website | madhyapurthimimun.gov.np |
Madhyapur Thimi is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. Thimi lies between Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur in the Kathmandu Valley. It is one of the ancient, cultural and historical places along the trade route from Bhaktapur to Kathmandu. Like other old cities this city is also situated on elevated land and therefore one has to climb up to reach this city. Thimi occupies an area of 2 square kilometres and is administratively divided into 17 wards.
There are now indications that the city may be as old as 3000 BC. A recent work by Mohan Pant and Shuji Funo compared the very regular grid layout of Thimi to other very ancient cities in Indus valley and Nepal. The details of the grid dimensions of city blocks are very close to those of Mohenjo-daro and Sirkap (part of Taxila) in Pakistan; also Patan, Nepal. The authors found that plot dimensions measure 9.6m by 19.2m, and are very uniform. These dimensions correspond to Indus Valley civilization.
Madhyapur Thimi is located in between Kathmandu and Bhaktapur. It is how it got its name Madhyapur as "Madhya" means centre and "pur" means city and therefore Madhyapur means city located in the centre. The oldest known name of the city is "Themmring"
Madhyapur Thimi is an ancient Newari town and is a centre of Newar culture. In Chaitra 18 2053 B.S the Government of Nepal merged it with five different VDCs to form Madhyapur Thimi municipality.
According to legends Lichchavi king Narendra Dev kept his youngest son Bal Dev in the palace of Madhyapur Thimi (Thimi Durbar or Layaku). Now it has been established as a government school and still today also the palace is considered to be the main place of goddess Balkumari.
The people of Kathmandu valley have been worshiping four Ganesh, four Kali, four Kumari, four Varahi, four Mahalaxmi and four Ganga. Among the four Kumaris, one is Balkumari of Thimi. The temple of Balkumari is said to be about three hundred years old. Goddess Balkumari is regarded as the guardian deity of Thimi and she is the beloved goddess of Thimi. Ceremonial rituals in relation to important events of life including marriage, bratabanda etc. cannot be done without propitiating this deity.
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