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Lesson Nepali Sculpture (Murtikala)
3.2

FACTS Kailasnath Mahadev statue is the world’s tallest
to Understand Shiva statue located in Chitapol Municipality, Sanga,
Bhaktapur District, Nepal. It is 144 feet (44 m) high.
It is the world’s Fortieth statue, four places below
the Statue of Liberty.

Dear Ruchika

How are you? I hope you are fine there. I am also fine here
and doing my study well.

When I came to Kathmandu, I visited many religious and
historical places here. I had collected a lot of information
about sculpture too which is very essential in social
studies. First you should understand the meaning
of sculpture. Sculpture is the art of making images
by carving stone, wood, metal, clay, wax and glass in
desired shape and size. I saw many statues of gods
and goddesses as well as the rulers in Durbar
square areas, temples and other places. So, I had
understood that, like painting, sculpture is also
related to religious and cultural traditions.

Sculpture was firstly introduced in the
Lichchhavi Period and flourished fully in the
Malla period. The image of Baman Tribikram
is the oldest image available in the history of

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