Seto Durbar

Seto Durbar
Seto Durbar
General information
Architectural style	Fusion of Neoclassical architecture, Mughal, European styles of architecture
Location	Kathmandu, Nepal
Construction started	1893
Demolished	1934
Cost	Unknown
Client	Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana
Technical details
Structural system	Brick and Mortar
Size	375 ropanis
Design and construction
Architect	Jogbir Sthapit

Seto Durbar (White Palace) was a Rana palace in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, located south of the Narayanhity Palace. It was built by Bir Shumsher Jung Bahadur Rana in 1893 CE.

History

Seto Durbar was built by Bir Shumsher JBR in 1893 CE in a land area of 375 ropani with Lal Durbar to its northeast as his private residence.

Seto durbar was famous for its Grand State Hall known as Thulo Baithak or Big hall.

The only remains of Seto durbar is a building occupied by NIDC Development Bank Head Office in Durbar Marg.

Today most of the Hotel Annapurna stands on the grounds of Seto Durbar

↑ JBR, PurushottamShamsher (2007). Ranakalin Pramukh Atihasik Darbarharu [Chief Historical Palaces of the Rana Era] (in Nepali). Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 978-9994611027.
↑ "THE HISTORIC DURBARS OF KATHMANDU". 19 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 July 2015. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
↑ Mahat, Ram Sharan (2005). In Defence of Democracy: Dynamics and Fault Lines of Nepal's Political Economy. Adroit Publishers. p. 33. ISBN 978-81-87392-67-5. Archived from the original on 7 April 2023. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
↑ JBR, PurushottamShamsher (1990). Shree Teen Haruko Tathya Britanta (in Nepali). Bhotahity, Kathmandu: Vidarthi Pustak Bhandar. ISBN 99933-39-91-1.
↑ "A Time to Build, Maharajah Bir's Legacy". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2015.