article_snippet.sent: (CNN)When the earthquake of April 25 hit, many of Nepal's most renowned pagodas in and around Kathmandu crumbled into rubble-covered stumps.
article_snippet.sent: The worst architectural losses have included the majestic Shiva temple pagoda and Shiva twin, the Narayan temple pagoda, which dominated Kathmandu's main Durbar Square.
article_snippet.sent: But now the Kathmandu Valley's other pagodas, stupas and shrines -- have been obliterated and the scene comprises pathetic piles of rubble, a bulldozer shoveling a path for vehicles, shocked and miserable witnesses and a sense of irreplaceable visual and spiritual loss -- unless the structures are eventually rebuilt.
article_snippet.sent: On Kathmandu's outskirts the town of Patan suffered terrible damage when the town of Patan central Durbar Square lost several pagodas as structures pancaked straight down while others merely shook and cracked.
article_snippet.sent: Several miles away from Kathmandu, witnesses have been unable to immediately confirm the levels of destruction which have occurred in the town of Patan.
article_snippet.sent: The fate of the Pashupatinath Temple complex near Kathmandu's international airport is also not known.
highlights_snippet.sent: Several of Nepal's best known landmarks have been destroyed by the earthquake of April 25 .
  