Peacock Window

Many of the carved windows in Bhaktapur's Durbar Square are magnificant, but the Peacock Window is definitely the most elabourate. It is a second-floor window to an ordinary builing, tucked away down a narrow alley off Durbar Square. Right across the alley from the Window is a master woodcarver's shop, who specializes in replicas and variations on the window, but also makes everything from tiny carved boxes to giant mirrors and trunks, all elabourately carved. The woodcarver has a second floor window opposite the Peacock Window, and will let you take pictures from there.