Written by: Rusha Manandhar - 2021013, Grade X
Posted on: 05 May, 2019
A former royal palace of Nepal, Narayanhiti Palace is located at the center of the capital of Nepal, Kathmandu. The palace of the monarchy of Nepal is now a museum. The museum is the perfect example which provides us the great understanding about how the royal family lived some decades before. It holds great importance in the history of Nepal. It is an interesting place to learn about Nepalese regicide with the deepest and dark history of the kingdom of Nepal. It includes the massacre point which shows the bullet holes during the murder of the royal family in 2001.
We, the students of grade eight, nine and ten visited the museum. The palace museum has fifty-two rooms including the staterooms, royal bedrooms, and the king's office. The palace was quite eye-opening. The exotic and extravagant decorations have made the palace even more beautiful. Visiting the palace is like going back to 1970s. The skins and horns of the hunted animals were presented as showcases. The old furniture, arts, and architectures were somehow well-managed. The beautiful interior designs really impressed us. However, fewer efforts were made at preserving the arts and architectures. The photographs on the walls were going moldy. It took me almost about 2 two hours with a slow walk.
All in all, we enjoyed the visit. It was quite historic. The emotional and tragic part was when we got to see the bullet marks made while killing the king and his family. Some rooms were as basis as that of a middle class family while some looked too expensively beautiful.
