Sita Bhawan

Sita Bhawan
General information
Architectural styleFusion of Neoclassical architecture,European styles of architecture
Town or cityKathmandu
CountryNepal
Construction started1918
Completed1929 (1929)
CostUnknown
ClientBhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana
Technical details
Structural systemBrick and Mortar
Size300 ropanis

27°25′27″N 85°11′28″E / 27.4243°N 85.1910°E / 27.4243; 85.1910

Sita Bhawan is a Rana palace in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. The palace complex, located east of the Narayanhity Palace, was incorporated in an impressive and vast array of courtyards, gardens and buildings. Sita Bhawan was built by Bhim Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana in 1929 for his wife, Her Highness Sri Teen Sita Bada Maharani Deela Kumari Devi.:23