{"id":6883,"date":"2008-06-16T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2008\/06\/16\/nepal-s-former-royal-palace-to-be-opened-for-public-viewing-soon\/"},"modified":"2008-06-16T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T12:00:00","slug":"nepal-s-former-royal-palace-to-be-opened-for-public-viewing-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/2008\/06\/16\/nepal-s-former-royal-palace-to-be-opened-for-public-viewing-soon\/","title":{"rendered":"Nepal&#8217;s Former Royal Palace To Be Opened For Public Viewing Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"source\"><a HREF=\"http:\/\/www.hinduonnet.com\/thehindu\/holnus\/001200806161554.htm\">www.hinduonnet.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">KATHMANDU, NEPAL, July 16, 2008: Nepal&#8217;s main royal palace will soon open as a public museum offering a glimpse of centuries of royal life, including a jewel-studded crown, a king&#8217;s throne, royal attires and a vintage car with a peculiar history, the government said on Monday. Home Secretary Umesh Mainali said the target was to complete work in a month and half before opening to the public, though a firm date has not yet been set. The palace in Katmandu was formally renamed the Narayanhiti Palace Museum at a government ceremony on Sunday, days after deposed King Gyanendra moved out.<\/p>\n<p>Artifacts on display were accumulated by the Shah dynasty in its 239-year rule of the Himalayan nation. The Narayanhiti palace had been Gyanendra&#8217;s home since 2001. A 1939 Mercedes Benz given by the German Nazi leader Hitler to King Tribhuvan, Gyanendra&#8217;s grandfather, will be restored and displayed at the museum, Mainali said. But the main attraction will likely be the king&#8217;s extravagant crown, decorated with peacock feathers and yak hair, studded with precious stones including diamonds, emeralds and rubies and made for King Mahendra, Gyanendra&#8217;s father, half a century ago. <\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>www.hinduonnet.com KATHMANDU, NEPAL, July 16, 2008: Nepal&#8217;s main royal palace will soon open as a public museum offering a glimpse,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hinduismtoday.com\/hpi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}