Directly in front of the palace and beside the king’s statue or next to the Taleju bell is the Watsala Devi temple. This Shikhara style temple is completely constructed in sandstone and is built upon a three stage plinth. And has some similarities to the Krishna temple of Patan. It is dedicated to Watsala Devi, a form of the Goddess Durga. The temple was originally built by King Jitamitra Malla in 1696. The structure that can be seen today, however, is a reconstruction by King Bhupatindra Malla and dates back to the late 17^th or early 18^th century.  Behind the temple is a water source called lonha hiti and next to it stands the Chayslin Mandap.