Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgement

2. Abstract

3. Introduction

4. Objectives

5. Project Design & Description

Home
World Heritage Sites
Bhaktapur Five Squares
Other Places to Visit
Devine Miraculous Vision
Miscellaneous
Maps
Artistic Grandeurs
Photo Gallery
Feedback

6. Limitations of Project & Future Enhancement

7. Conclusion

8. References
INTRODUCTION

In Nepal, tourism can be one of the power boosting business and source for
raising the economic status of people, society and country as a whole. Although, some
people in Nepal have realized this fact and have made their efforts to increase and up lift
tourism business up to certain extent, yet the current success in tourism development is
not satisfactory. One of the major reason for this cause is the lack of interest and
awareness among the citizens of Nepal, about the heavy benefits and comforts that could
be gained by them through tourism. Another important reason is that, both the
government sectors as well as the private/public sectors have made least efforts/attempts
to develop programs, through which they can spread the fact that Nepal is the ultimate
itinerary for tourist in the whole world and also attract lots and lots of tourist to visit
Nepal.

On the contrary, there are various places and things, which could be visited and
observed by the tourist in Nepal. Among these, the Bhaktapur City well known as the
“Town of Devotees” is one of the popular tourist itinerary. Although Mount Everest i.e.
Sagarmatha is breathtaking and the landscape of Lord Buddha mysterious, tourists
visiting Nepal still don't feel their sojourn complete unless they have experienced
Bhaktapur, Nepal's ancient "City of Culture".

Thus, to spread this fact and create awareness among the citizens of Nepal as well
as to provide the valuable information about the Bhaktapur City, from tourism point of
view, not only to the citizens but also to the tourist of whole world, we have tried to make
an effort. So, we have developed a website named "www.namastebhaktapur.com", which
could be used by any person, anywhere from the world to gain their knowledge regarding
the Nepal’s ancient Bhaktapur City.
OBJECTIVES

1. To develop a website named "www.namastebhaktapur.com".

2. To spread the fact that Nepal’s ancient Bhaktapur City is one of the ultimate
tourist itinerary, to the tourist of whole world as well as the citizens of Nepal.

3. To explore the Traditional art and architecture, pottery and weaving industries,
rich local customs and culture and the every-day life of Bhaktapur people.

4. To research about the citizens of Bhaktapur City that is the Newars, their
occupation, religion, celebrated festivals and other important aspects.

5. To increase interest and create awareness among the citizens of Nepal, about the
heavy benefits and comforts that could be gained by them through tourism.

6. One of the other objectives of this project is to explore the properties and
environment of JavaScript Programming Language and Hyper Text Markup
Language (HTML) as well as to be familiarized with its practical application and
commanding functions.

7. One can also improve his/her knowledge on Hyper Text Markup Language and
JavaScript Programming Language through the available source code of the website
and use it as a reference purpose for developing similar websites.
PROJECT DESIGN AND ITS OVERALL DESCRIPTION

Considering the effective and efficient use of the website by the user, we have
basically designed our project titled "www.namastebhaktapur.com".dividing it into five
important topics, which are Home, Maps, Artistic Grandeurs, Photo Gallery and
Feedback. Among these topics or menus, the home menu is the major one and it is further
divided into five sub menus, which are World Heritage Sites, Bhaktapur Five Squares,
Order Places to Visit, Devine Miraculous Vision and Miscellaneous. We definitely hope,
these topics could be effectively handled by any user. They are graphically shown and
described below.

www.namastebhaktapur.com

Artistic
Home Maps Grandeurs Photo Gallery Feedback

World Heritage Sites

Bhaktapur Five Squares

Order Places To Visit

Devine Miraculous Vision

Miscellaneous

Figure: Menu System of the website

Home

The home menu is the major part of this website and it covers almost 75
percentage of the project weight. Under this menu, the web user can read the actual
information about Bhaktapur City. It also includes the answers to the questions, such as
why tourist need to visit the city ?, what they can observe in the city ?, How they can do
so ? and how they can arrive in the Bhaktapur city ? and so on. This home menu further
contains five sub menus namely the World Heritage Sites, Bhaktapur Five Squares, Order
Places To Visit, Devine Miraculous Vision and Miscellaneous. The normal view of this
home web page is shown below.

Figures: Web Page of Home Menu

World Heritage Sites

One of the major places in Bhaktapur City, where the tourist wishes to visit, is the
world heritage sites declared by UNESCO in the Bhaktapur City. There are two world
heritage sites in Bhaktapur City namely the Bhaktapur Darbar Square and the Changu
Narayan. To explore these two sites, this topic further contains two sub menus namely
Darbar Square and Changu Narayan.
Under both menus, one can find descriptions about why UNESCO has declared
these places as world heritage sites. The user can also find the artistic grandeurs present
at these sites as well as watch some beautiful pictures of it. To read the details of these
grandeurs described some where else, proper links are placed within these web
documents

Bhaktapur Five Squares

There are five squares present in Bhaktapur City and among them, there main
squares of the city are remarkably attractive in their artistic exposition of elegant temples,
dignified palace, graceful monasteries and Biharas standing around these open public
places and connected to one another with quaint streets. To explore about these five
squares, this topic includes five sub menus namely, Darbar Square, Taumadhi Square,
Pottery Square First, Dattatreya Square and Pottery Square Second. Under each of these
menus, the speciallity of those places is described separately, including lots of beautiful
pictures and covering the description in much depth.
Other Places to Visit

In addition to the above places, tourist can also visit and observe many other
attractive and beautiful places. Some of the important ones are Museums of Bhaktapur,
Nava Durga Temple, Surya Vinayak, Kamal Vinayak, Chonga Ganesh, Nil-Barahi-Bode,
Nagarkot, Changu Narayan, Bhaktapur Phukus and Ponds and Buddhist Monuments
present at different tols of the city and so on.
With the aim of giving depth description about these places, this topic entitled
other places to visit, further contains ten sub menus. And these menus have added more
attraction in the website.

Devine Miraculous Vision

Under this topic, four sub menus are placed. Each of these menus attempts to
describe the craft works (Wood craft work, Stone Craft work, Bronze and Brass craft
work, Paper craft work etc) present in various places of Bhaktapur City. It is believed that
due to the presence of these craft works in Bhaktapur City, it has made the Bhaktapur
City as the popular tourist itinerary.
Largest Shiva Lingum, Magnificent Windows, Golden Spout and Golden Gate
and Other Craft works are the four sub menus under this topic.

Miscellaneous

Besides above mentioned things, the Bhaktapur City is also famous for its
mystical music, unique festivals and as a paradise for film makers and so on. Thus, to
include these things and other important things in the website, this topic has been created.
Under this topic, six more sub menus are placed. They are Mystical Music, Festivals,
Newari Dialect, Things to buy, Traveler’s Information and Useful things.
The sub menus: Mystical Music, Festivals and Newari Dialect have added more
attractions in the website. The remaining three sub menu provides the description of
necessary things that the tourist should keep in their mind, before traveling the Bhaktapur
City.

Maps

This menu has been provided in the website, with the aim of displaying the
necessary maps and details for the tourist to arrive the Bhaktapur City. In this web page,
one can find three maps of Bhaktapur City, each showing different aspect of Bhaktapur
City. The web user can also perform calculations to find out the distance and duration of
walks that they have to travel in order to reach the particular destination from a specified
source.. The normal view of this web page is shown below.
 Figure: Web
Page of
Maps
Menu

Artistic Grandeurs

If any web user intends to view the Bhaktapur City at a glance, then he/She can
make use of this menu named Artistic Grandeurs in order to do so. This menu consists of
a detail list of all the artistic grandeurs such as elegant temples, dignified palace, graceful
monastries, ponds, Biharas etc.

Photo Gallery

Under this topic/menu, one can see beautiful and heart touching pictures of the
historic City and its superb art and subtle culture, vividly depicted on the remaining
places, temples, monasteries, Biharas and other monuments. The normal view of this web
page is shown below.
 Figure: Web Page of
Photo Gallery Menu
Feedback

Considering the website’s user friendliness, this menu has been created. Through
this menu, any web user can send and share his/her suggestions, views and comments
about the website with us. This web page contains interactive components that give the
user a thought of friendliness.

LIMITATIONS OF PROJECT & FUTURE ENHANCEMENT

1. The website may not be complete in itself as it might have lacked to cover some
other important aspects of Bhaktapur City.

2. The website could not cover descriptions of few things such as the reconstruction
program, being carried out by the Bhaktapur Municipality.

3. The website could not include the complete information about the typical Newari
lifestyle and their fabulous culture.

4. Due to the limitations and short comings of the group members, the developed
website might not have met the total objectives of the project.

5. Only few cascade style sheets is used in the project and it also lack dynamic
pictures. So it might not be highly attractive.

Regarding the future enhancement, the first thing that can be done is the removal
of above limitations or its reduction up to certain extent. The next thing that can be done
for the enhancement of the website is to remove the lacing things and add more and more
information from the objectives view point. In addition, motion pictures and more
cascade style sheets can be used to attract more tourists. For safety and to prevent the
user from source code, coding of the website can be translated into PHP coding and so
on.
CONCLUSION

We have expected that this project work will definitely help not only the tourist but also
the local people who seek information about the Bhaktapur City. This project will help
them increase their knowledge about the Bhaktapur City, its Traditional art and
architecture, pottery and weaving industries, rich local customs and culture, religion,
occupation, celebrated festivals and the every-day life of Bhaktapur people. On
continuing with the available source code of the website, one can also improve their
knowledge on Hyper Text Markup Language and JavaScript Programming Language.

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