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A Fascinating Look of 1970's Nepalese Royal Palace
- Rusha Manandhar - 2021013, Gr ... 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.


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Journal -Narayanhiti Palace
- Monika Karki - 20007, Grade X ... 28 April, 2019

On January 28, we, the students of grade 8, 9 and 10 went on a visit to Narayanhiti Durbar Palace. We, the students of grade 9 were especially happy because it was the first time we were visiting Narayanhiti
Palace.

We were all happy and excited about the visit. We headed from school to the palace at 10:30 am. The students of grade 8 and 9 were on a bus and the other half of grade 9 were on the other bus. We were at our destination within 15 minutes.We went inside with our teachers and friends. When we entered the garden of Narayanhiti, we were so amazed by that view. The view of the bullets of the guns was breathtaking. There were 7 bullet-marks at the backyard of the palace. As we entered the palace I saw a real skinny fur of a bear which had a head on it. It was laid on the floor of the conference room. The palace was looking like a royal home.

It was actually a great place to visit. We got a great opportunity to see all of the rooms that were distinguished by the names of districts, the conference room, a makeup room, bedrooms, a tika room, and birthday celebrating rooms. We also saw the place where the king, the queen, the princes, and the princesses died or were killed.

Visiting the palace was a really fun experience. The visit was ended by a group photo in front of the Narayanhiti Palace Museum. It was a very memorable day of my life. I enjoyed learning about the history of my country.


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Article on Narayanhiti Palace
- Simon Sangat - 20015, Grade I ... 23 April, 2019

Students of grade 8, 9, 10 of Deerwalk Sifal School visited Narayanhiti Palace. We departed from school at around 11 am, and we reached our destination at around 11:30 AM. We all were very thrilled and eager. We clicked a group photo and headed into the palace. The whole palace was very royal.

As we entered we saw an enormous door. The palace was the center of state occasions and royal hospitality. The current Narayanhiti Durbar was built by King Mahendra in 1963. The palace stands on the floor space of 3,794-metre square (40838.28 sq ft) and is divided into three parts, the guest wing the state wing and the private wing. Narayanhiti Palace has 52 rooms called Sadan, which are named after 75 districts of Nepal. Interior of the Palace is based on late Victorian style. As soon as we entered through the doorway, we saw Reception Hall, which is named after Kaski District as Kaski Saden. The hall is decorated with two full-size taxidermy Bengal tigers in charging posture hunted by King Mahendra and King Birendra along with life-size portraits of the Shah Monarchs throughout the stairs by artist Amar Chitrakar. Gaurishankar Gate opens to Kaski Sadan, where Shah monarchs of Nepal gave audience to politicians and perform oath ceremony of Prime Minister and heads of constitutional bodies for the kingdom of Nepal. It was in Narayanhiti Palace, where the scene of the 2001 Nepalese Royal Massacre took place. The whole palace was very huge and there were several caretakers of the palace. The security was very high.

After the 2000 revolution toppled the monarchy, the newly elected assembly declared Nepal as a republic country and King Gyanendra was forced to vacate the palace within 15 days. The royal palace is now turned into a public museum. The crown jewels are considered to be among the most precious and valuable objects in Nepal.


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Narayanhiti Palace
- Asha Dahal - 20004, Grade IX ... 10 April, 2019

Ten-year people's war and nineteen-day people's movement materialized The Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. After that, Narayanhiti Royal Palace was turned into Narayanhiti Palace Museum.

Narayanhiti palace is named by combining both Narayan and Hiti. ‘Narayan' means Lord Vishnu and ‘Hiti’ means the water fountain which is next to the Vishe temple. I searched for this information a day before we went to the Narayanhiti Palace Museum. I was very excited to go there. I was thinking about it. And then I felt sleepy and I slept.

Today we started our journey at 10:30 from school and we were there at 11:10. I was so excited to get in. When I saw the door I was so excited to get in.

The present structure of the palace was designed by a foreign architect. The construction began in 1963 and was complete in 1969. When I got in, I saw a big hall, Gaurishankar Gate. The main entrance to the palace is called Gaurishankar Gate. After entering through this gate, I reached the Kaski Hall. Kaski Hall was used for receiving the visiting Heads of the states. And after that, I went to Myagdi. Myagdi was the room served as Tearoom for the Prime Minister, Chief of Justice and the ambassadors. Parbat was the next place I went to. This was the room where visiting Heads of the states and other dignitaries used to sign visitors. Mugu was the next room where king Tribhuvan used to collect something. It was really old and I didn't get what was that. Lamjung was at the left side of Mugu, it was the Banquet Hall. Gelmi was the Private office of Kings. Dhading was the room where the king would take rest. I wish I could make something like this on my own. Dhankuta was the bedroom of king and queen. I was so lucky that I got a chance to enter that room. There was a big hall. It is known as Tribhuvan Sadh, where the bullets were fired. The garden area had rare varieties of plants and a mass of beautiful flowers and rounded house.

I liked all those things in the palace. I told my family all the things that I saw in the Palace.


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A visit to Narayanhiti Palace Museum
- Shreeya Sitaula - 20014, Grad ... 04 April, 2019

On January 29th, 2011, the students of grade 1, 8 and 10 were taken to Narayanhiti Palace Museum as a field trip: my friends and I were utterly excited as many of us went to the Palace for the first time. Our excitement was geared up as soon as we headed towards our destination - Narayanhiti Palace Museum. At around 11:15 AM, we finally reached the Narayanhiti Palace Museum.

The outside view of the Palace was not so mesmerizing. So I thought it would seem to be small when people look at it from outside. But as soon as we entered the gate of the Palace, I was surprised because the palace had covered a very large area. The palace was very beautiful inside, with many eye-catching decors. After all, it's the place where the late King of Nepal and his family resided. The Palace was really big but many places were a bit unmanaged. For instance, there was no water in a pond

The main purpose of our visit was to learn and observe the place. We observed each and everything very carefully and we even asked the staff of the museum about many things. We also visited the place in the palace where the massacre of the royal family took place. The marks of the bullets fired on the royal family was seen in many walls. The places where the dead bodies of the members of the royal family were found was also mentioned there. Everyone started to gossip about the massacre as the massacre of the royal family is still a mystery. But in no time, only gossips came to an end as we had to return to school.

This day was indeed an informative day for me. I had always wanted to know about the lavish lifestyle of the King. This day provoked my never-ending thoughts about the probability of Nepal being a Kingdom again.


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Visit To Zoo
- Supriya Rana Magar - 19018, G ... 31 March, 2019

October 7, 2018

Today, we the students of Grade 10 went to the Central Zoo, located at Jawalakhel for a field visit. Everything went on as planned. I woke up early in the morning, packed my bags, had my breakfast and got ready for school. I reached school at 8:30 AM sharp. After almost an hour we left for Jawalakhel in our school van. We reached there at 10:30 AM. Our EPH teacher, Mr. Kuldeep Gupta bought tickets for us and then we clicked a group picture in the entrance gate. After we entered inside, we first saw a crocodile. Our teacher told us to take photos and note down the details given over there. Heading on our way, we saw different animals of different species and mocked at each other. After 45 minutes, we took a break and ate our lunch. By 12:00 PM we finished our lunch and watching animals so we planned to go for boating. It was at our own risk. However, taking the risks into consideration we decided to take two boats: 6 members in each.

It was a well-taken decision as boating became the most memorable part of the visit. After finishing boating, we headed back to our school by our school van at 1:15 PM. There were lovely songs being played in the van which added more fun to the trip. Around 2 PM we reached our school. We were very tired so we took rest for a couple of minutes in our classroom. There were still two periods left for our classes to get over. We were so tired that we wanted to spend the classes without studying. Luckily, through our teacher, Mr. Tej, we found out that we didn’t have to study. We were called out to join the video shoot that was being shot for our Dashain and Tihar greetings. At 4:15 PM we all returned home.

I had been there numerous times but probably because I was with my friends, this visit to the zoo will remain as the most memorable zoo visit.


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Journal on Narayanhiti Palace
- Sandhya Sah - 20013, Grade IX ... 25 March, 2019

We the students of standard 8, 9 and 10 Deerwalk Sifal School had a field trip. We all were very excited to know just the name of the place. Finally, it was Narayanhiti Palace, also called Narayanhiti Durbar. We had a fixed time for the visit. We departed around 11 am from school and reached the palace at 11:25.

The palace is located at Kathmandu, Nepal. We were very eager. Firstly, we clicked a group photo and headed into the palace. The royal palace was huge and fascinating.

From the entry gate, we saw an enormous door. The palace was the center of state occasions and hospitality was also royal. The Durbar is currently as a public museum. The current Durbar was built by King Mahendra in 1963. The palace stands on the floor space of 3,794 m.sq. (40838.28 sq.ft.) and divided into three categories, the guest wing, the state wing, and the private wing. It has 52 rooms and all are given the name of 75 districts of Nepal. As soon as we entered through the doorway we saw a reception hall which is named as Kaski District. The hall is decorated with two full-size Bengal tigers in charging posture haunted by King Mahendra and King Birendra along with life-size portraits of the Shah monarchs throughout the stairs by artist, Amar Chitrakar. Gaurishankar gate opens for performing oath ceremony of Prime Minister and head of constitutional bodies for the Kingdom of Nepal.

It was in Narayanhiti Palace, where the scene of 2001 Nepalese Royal massacre took place. The whole palace was very huge and there were several caretakers of the palace. The security was very high. Finally, the royal palace is now turned into a public museum. The crown jewels are considered as the most precious and valuable objects in Nepal.


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A Visit to Narayanhiti Durbar
- Krish Tamang - 20006, Grade I ... 16 March, 2019

Today, the school was going to take us to the former residence of the Royal family, Narayanhiti Durbar. It was a part of our social studies topic. I went to school and met my friends. Then, we went to our class. The first period was Maths. In the second period, we were asked to be on the ground. The students of Grade 8 and 10 went there with us too. Mr. Nirmal, Ms. Indira, Mr. Ariun and Ms. Mazina went with us as well. We got on the bus and went to the palace. The tickets were given to us and we took a group photo. We went inside the palace gate. We had a security check. We got our tickets checked and entered the palace. The interior was magnificent. There were statues of different animals on the stairway to the palace. There was a carpet made of a bear that the king had killed. There were two dead tigers in the stair as a part of the decoration. There were many photos of the kings of Nepal. We saw the rooms that were separated for the guests of each district. There were separate rooms for a birthday celebration, Dashain celebration, and Janai Purnima. The heads of reindeer and buffalos were kept on the walls as decoration. There were photos of the king of Nepal meeting different guests. A dead crocodile was kept on the wall as a part of the decoration. We also saw the rooms of the king and the makeup room of the Queen as well. The medals that the kings had received was also kept there. My favorite part of the palace was the throne of the king. The room was beautiful. We also saw the crown (Sri-Pech) of the kings. I wondered if the jewels of the crown were real or not. Then, we went to the backside of the palace where the massacre happened. There were bullet marks along the walls and a pond where Prince King Dipendra was found injured and unconscious. There was a billiard room where the king and the queen were killed. We also roamed around the pond which was not well maintained. Then we went out of the palace and took a group photo. After that, we left for school. When we arrived at school, we were tired and dizzy because of the sun. Then, we studied in the rest of other periods and went home.


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