The Saugal-tol Temple of Patan: Further notes on the shrine and its sculpture

A paper entitled "A Medieval Nepalese Temple of Visnu-Narayana" has been published, but the temple is neither of proven medieval date nor dedicated to Visnu Narayana. This article aims to rectify the date assigned to the temple. The temple is a typical Newar style, small, two-roofed structure of square plan standing at Saugal-tol in Patan, in the Kathmandu Valley. Inscriptions on stone stelae and images inside the temple are not enough to permit dating the temple to the middle ages or Malla period (11th-12th century) and it is not known when the small shrine was built.