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Teeming, touristy Durbar Square is the natural place to begin sightseeing. The old royal palace ( durbar), running along the eastern edge of the square, takes up more space than all the other monuments here combined. Kumari Chowk, home of Kathmandu's "living goddess", overlooks the square from the south. The square itself is squeezed by the palace into two parts: at the southern end is the Kasthamandap, the ancient building that probably gave Kathmandu its name, while the northern part is taken up by a varied procession of statues and temples. A small outfit called Tourism Promotion Nepal, which operates out of a handicrafts shop near the Taleju Bell, sells an excellent map of the square that contains a wealth of archeological and historical detail (Rs25 donation)
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