At the junction of Durbar and Basantapur is a red brick, three storey building with some incredibly intricate carved windows. This is the Kumari Bahal-House of the living Goddess. Home to the Kumari, the girl who is selected to be the town’s living goddess. The building in the style of the Buddhists Viharas of the valley, was built in 1757 by Jaya Prakash Malla. Inside the building in the three-storey courtyard, or Kumari Chowk. It is enclosed by magnificently carved wooden balconies and windows, making it quite possibly the most beautiful courtyard in Nepal.