article_snippet.sent: Others were smothered under splintered hand-carved wooden beams or multi-level rooftops.
article_snippet.sent: But the Kathmandu Valley's other pagodas, stupas and shrines -- also built mostly of red brick hundreds of years ago -- suffered surprisingly little damage and remained standing next to  structures which disappeared.
article_snippet.sent: Those two landmarks fronted the enclosed dwelling place of Nepal's Hindu virgin goddess, or Kumari, whose ornate front of bricks, statues and carved wood seem to have survived the initial quakes.
article_snippet.sent: It is not immediately known if the inner courtyard and rooms are safe.
article_snippet.sent: On the other side of Durbar Square, the brick-and-wood Shiva-Parvati temple house -- where the Hindu gods Shiva and Shiva consort Parvati shelter -- appear to also have survived.
article_snippet.sent: Fortunately others appear to still be standing, including the Sundari Chowk temple and a surviving lucky trio of holy structures: the gray stone, Mogul-influenced Krishna Mandir; the 17th-century Bishwa Nath Mandir with its large stone elephants at the entrance; and the nearby smaller 17th-century Bimsen Mandi "god of the traders" pagoda.
article_snippet.sent: The locality had undergone years of extensive restoration work thanks to foreign and local artists and funding.
article_snippet.sent: Elsewhere in the Kathmandu Valley, the white-topped dome of the Boudhanath Stupa remains standing, but the white-topped dome of the Boudhanath Stupa smaller neighboring stupa has shown some damage from the white-topped dome of the Boudhanath Stupa.
article_snippet.sent: There has been no news as yet on damage caused to other famous places of Hindu and Buddhist worship, including the hilltop Swayambhunath temple on the outskirts of Kathmandu.
highlights_snippet.sent: But outside the capital Kathmandu there is hope that many have survived .