Quake-damaged heritage reconstruction on, albeit slowly

Kathmandu, May 25: On Tuesday this week, the 700-year-old Lakshmi Narasimha Temple was inaugurated. The temple, which had been completely destroyed in the 1934 earthquake, is located in Gahiti, Ward No. 4 of Bhaktapur Municipality. Bhaktapur Municipality completed the temple's reconstruction 91 years after it was damaged at a cost of Rs. 48.3 million—well below the estimated cost of Rs 77.7 million.