This temple was commissioned by King Bhupatindra Malla, the construction of which lasted for six months from December 1701 to July 1702.

Reaching to a height of 33 m (108.26 ft), the Nyatapola temple dominates the skyline of Bhaktapur and is the tallest monument there.

[9] The gates of the temple is only opened once a year in July on the anniversary of its establishment during which the Avāla subgroup of the Newars plant a triangular flag on its top and the Karmacharya priests perform a ritual on the deity.

[4] Even the contemporary manuscript dealing with the construction of the temple does not mention the name of the deity housed inside.

[8] Newar people outside of Bhaktapur use the term "Nyātāpau", where "nyātā" and "pau"has the same meaning as "ṅātā" and "pola".

[3] Historian Purushottam Lochan Shrestha found a damaged stone inscription being used as a step ladder by soldiers housed in Bhaktapur Durbar Square which uses the word "𑐒𑐵𑐟𑐵𑐥𑑀𑐮‎ (ŋ̊ātāpola)" to refer to the temple.

Therefore, the main source about the construction history of the Nyatapola comes from a palm leaf manuscript named as "siddhāgni koṭyāhuti devala pratiṣṭhā" by modern scribes.

[25] Another group containing seventeen workers form Panauti worked for 32 days on average and were paid 20 mohar and 20 dam in total.

[29] The "siddhāgni koṭyāhuti devala pratiṣṭhā" manuscript contains the dimensions of every single timber donated by the public.

[32] The stone in which the deity housed inside was carved was brought in April 1702 by 636 workers who were paid 53 mohar and 1 dam in total.

[32] The statues of two wrestlers at the lowermost plinth were carved by a group of fourteen sculptors from Lalitpur, four of whom are labelled as 'child' in the manuscript.

[37] The gājula was manufactured by a team of 40 smiths with Navamising as their leader who received one tolā of gold as a reward during the inauguration.

[38] Similarly, nyākalis or metal workers started their work of making small wind bells from 16 November 1701.

[43] On Wednesday of the seventh day of the bright half of the month of Asadha in Nepal Sambat 824, Dūkhi Bhāro completed the Vanakānda act of the Ramayana.

[45] Dūkhi Bhāro states that he was given a new home in Bhōlāche district in the northern part of Bhaktapur but was saddened by the loss of his ancestral land and coped by authoring a Ramayana in Nepal Bhasa.

[35] Bhāro further writes that: This Lankākānda book was finished on the Monday of the sixth day of the bright half of the month of Māgha of Nepal Sambat 821.

He wrote this with the hopes of clearing sorrows in his heart; Dūkhi did not write this to exhibit his knowledge and feed his pride.

While writing this book, Dūkhi Bhāro's sons Rudrasing and Harising, daughters Mahesvari and Chandesvari, wife Sūkhū Māyā and mother Basundharā, all seven are in sound health.

May all who chant the name of Krishna, who write the good deeds of Krishna have a sound health and happy life, and spend his after life with Narayana in happiness and not have to reincarnate.Starting from Thursday, 25 December 1701, around 40–69 workers were hired to first demolish the "ṅātapula" and then to dig the foundation for the Nyatapola temple.

After the inauguration waves of people from Bhaktapur, Thimi, Sanga, Dhulikhel, Banepa, Panauti, Chaukot, Shreekhandapur and the Kingdom of Lalitpur started coming regularly to assist the construction.

[49] A similar ritual was performed by King Siddhi Narasingha Malla during the establishment of the temple of Krishna at Lalitpur in 1636.

[50] Bhupatindra Malla had the ritual performed for the inauguration of the Nyatapola temple and the establishment of the deity inside it as well as for religious purposes like to appease the Navagraha and the Ajimā goddesses for the protection of the city.

'offering of bettlenut') ceremony denoting the yagya's start was performed on the second day of the dark half of the month of Vaisakha in Nepal Sambat 822.

[53] As per the siddhāgni koṭyāhuti devala pratiṣṭhā manuscript, only 48 people (names given) were allowed inside the yagya including Bhupatindra Malla.

[4] At the bottom are two Rajput wrestlers named Jai and Pratap who are said to be ten times stronger than normal men.

[8] Legend tells of the days when the Lord Bhairava, the Hindu God of destruction was causing havoc in society (1078 AD).

To counteract his destructive behavior the king decided to call goddess Bhagavati, then Bhagavati took the form of Siddhi Laxmi and then carried Bhairava in her hand and built a more powerful temple on the honor of Siddhi Laxmi (Narayani Devi) in front of the Bhairab Temple.

On the first level is a pair of likenesses of Bhaktapur's strongest man, Jaya mal Pata, a famous wrestler.

[62] Additionally, the use of triangulation on the roof means that any debris will fall away from the temple, rather than straight through it, as you might find in newer urban builds.

Then they had to wait for an auspicious day for erecting the icons in the sanctum sanctorum and fix the pinnacle on the top of the temple.