Kathmandu, Nepal's capital, is ready in a valley surrounded with the aid of the Himalayan mountains. At the coronary heart of the old town’s mazelike alleys is Durbar Square, which turns into frenetic at some stage in Indra Jatra, a non secular festival presenting masked dances. Many of the city's ancient websites have been broken or destroyed by means of a 2015 earthquake. Durbar Square's palace, Hanuman Dhoka, and Kasthamandap, a timber Hindu temple, are being rebuilt.