A STUDY ON THE SPATIAL FORMATION OF THE TOWN , THIMI

A STUDY ON THE SPATIAL FORMATION OF THE TOWN OF THIMI

GENERAL INTRODUCTION one of the Newar settlement of the Valley Also known as Madhyapura More

than

belonging

85% to

of

the

the

population

two

dominant

communities – “shrestha” and “prajapati” Community associations known as guthi – socio-religious institution.

THE COMMUNITY AND THE SETTLEMENT 1.The maximal community •14 different maximal community •Shrestha and Prajapati in majority •Communities of parallel traditional social status and traditional occupation.

•Religious assimilation between Hindu and Buddhist communities 2.Dewali community: •members of the same ancestral shrine.

•Lineage group to look after dewali guthi.

•Constituted of a number of clan communities as “fuki”.

•Member of other clans not accepted by a dewali guthi.

•Same digu shrine name as digu-dyo.

•Ritual worship called digu puja or dewali puja.

3. Clan community: •clans who descend from the same lineage •One of the units of settlement known as nani.

•Morphological development of town.

•Dwelling plots with respect to kshetrapala that existed layaku at the center of old part of the town.

DWELLING TYPES OF THIMI •Settlement cluster with respect to the house forms within nani clusters •Plan of dwelling is of L-shape.

•Open court at SE direction of the dwelling.

•Entrance marked at the point of entry to the court.

•Resident of nani state the parent house.

•Nani as the unit of analysis for development

TOLES-THE STRUCTURE OF NEIGHBORHOOD QUARTER •Broadly corresponds to the residential neighborhood •Community artifacts frequently used as a shrine of Ganesa.

•Ganesa- as a symbol of the tole TYPES OF TOLE: •Central, periphery •Primary, secondary •Homogenous maximal communities of Shrestha and Prajapati.

•Identified according to the location of the shrine of Ganesa.

MORPHOLOGY OF TOLE STRUCTURE AND PLAN OF TOWN •Manner of development of the settlement •Centrally planned settlement •Layout and development of settlements were regulated by layaku.

•Shrine of Ganesa – symbol of tole •Mandalika encompass a number of toles at certain periodical occasions.

•Nani- tole territory •Dewali shrine astramatrika – urban structure

CONCLUSION •planned settlement through the study of the distribution of dewali communities, structures of nani and toles.

•Topography and history •The territory of a tole includes a number of nani, spans over different dewali

sector

communities.

and

includes

residents

of

various

maximal