Twelve Chiva at Shreegha got their Gaju-Pinnacle
As each Chiva part depicts some meaning, Gaju-Pinnacle also depicts many meanings from the Buddhist teachings. A pigeon enjoying the new Pinnacle at Shreegha, Kathmandu The pinnacle consists of multiple parts namely: Harmika-The cube with eyes, Toran- Four symbols of Chakra Bajra, Ratna, Padma and BishwoBajra respective to the four Buddhas on a Chiva. Then on top of that : Triyodasha Bhuwana- depicting 13 stages to enlightenment. On top of that there are three more stages namely: Padmawali, Ushnish Chudamani and RatnaChhatra. Gaju(pinnacle) gives so much meaning and needless to say the importance of each part of the whole of Chiva. An old sketch of Gaju-Pinnacle(source S Bajracharya, Pakanajwo) Shreegha at center of Kathmandu, is a beautiful place with more than 30 Chiva in the courtyard. But due to various reasons many of the Chiva (12) were with missing Gaju-pinnacle. And thus those Chiva were incomplete and the aesthetics of the place was not as it should be. Because of this reason