Yaksha Malla ruled from Bhaktapur over a Kathmandu Valley that was still, for the last time, a single kingdom. He fortified his capital, dug its great reservoirs, and founded shrines that anchored Bhaktapur's sacred geography.
After his death the realm was divided among his heirs into the four kingdoms of Bhaktapur, Kantipur, Patan and Banepa — the rivalry that, paradoxically, drove the building boom the later Malla kings are famous for.
His confirmed works are early-Malla and infrastructural: city defences, the monumental Siddha Pokhari, and temple foundations. The 55-Window Palace traces its palace core to his programme, though its famous facade is a later remodel.
Where his works stand
Numbered markers match the monuments below. Festivals and intangible legacy are listed but not mapped.
What he built — and what he added to
Direct works
Monuments he built or founded.
Yaksheshwor Mahadev Temple (Pashupatinath of Bhaktapur)
Founded 1475Founded the Shiva temple modelled on Pashupatinath, beside the Bhaktapur palace.
Bhaktapur Durbar Square
Siddha Pokhari
15th centuryThe monumental reservoir at Bhaktapur's western gate dates to his reign.
Bhaktapur
55-Window Palace
Palace coreThe palace core is rooted in his programme; Bhupatindra Malla later remodelled the facade.
Bhaktapur
Reign-era additions
Contributions to shared complexes — named additions, not whole squares.
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