MYAGDI: Reconstruction of the 300-year-old antique Siddhidatri Goddess Kot Temple of Beni municipality-5, Pulachaur in Myagdi has been completed.
Reconstruction of the Kot Temple – which had established a direct relation with the historical Dadekot Palace of then Parbat State was inaugurated on the occasion of Ram Nawami (the birthday of Lord Ram) festival.
The then Parbat King Dimba Bam Malla used to worship the goddess as a symbol of power and store his arms and ammunitions in the temple. King Malla routinely offered prayers to the goddess by constructing a Kotghar nearby Dadhekot Temple.
The temple – also the storehouse of weapons was devastated in a fire that broke out in Dadhekot Palace. According to a book entitled ‘Nepal’s Brief History’, Dholethan was the most powerful state under the Parbat State.