A spectacular complex of ancient courtyards, temples, fountains, and plazas around the old royal palaces, a legacy of the Newar people whose traditions stretch back millennia, there is no better place in Kathmandu - indeed, in Nepal - to get the full effect of the magnificent heritage and unique style bestowed here by that culture and by Hinduism. It's here, for example, that you'll find the 40-metre-high Taleju Temple, which once held human sacrifices, the extraordinary sculpture of of Kala Bhairav, as the destructive avatar of Lord Shiva, and the Kimari Ghari, home to a preteen girl revered as the reincarnation of a Hindu goddess...  keep reading