Ratna Park, the Valley’s most iconic landmark, was re-opened on Tuesday after renovation for several months. Ratna Park is a park and surrounding district in central Kathmandu, Nepal. It is named after Queen Ratna, the wife of King Mahendra.It was built for the children and is named after Ratna, the second queen of King Mahendra. It is situated between Rani Pokhari and Tudikhel in the heart of Kathmandu. In the past, the park had been a mess as it was littered everywhere and street vendors used to run their shops inside. The area had also earned notoriety as a meeting point of prostitutes and drug users. “Before renovation, people hesitated to visit this area as visitors were seen negatively. Even husband and wife could not walk near the park,” said Bidhya Sundar Shakya, the Kathmandu district secretary of the CPN-UML. He hoped that such misconception will be corrected now.
