New Delhi: The Maoists have started delivering on their promise to turn all the palaces of the deposed monarch into museums.
The first in line was Gyanendra's ancestral home in Gorkha, located 120 kilometers west of Kathmandu.
It was declared open to the public by Maoist Chairman Prachanda. The palace was home to King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who had launched the unification campaign from Gorkha while Nepal was disintegrated into small states.
The Narayanhity Royal palace is also likely to be to be turned into a museum.
Nepal's deposed king agreed on Monday to peacefully leave the royal palace in Katmandu and live as a common citizen after the Himalayan nation last week declared itself a republic, the home minister said.
Home Minister Krishna Sitaula was among several government officials who met with Gyanendra at the Narayanhiti palace in the capital on Monday, in the first direct contact between the former king and the government since a newly elected Constituent Assembly abolished the monarchy on May 28.
The assembly gave Gyanendra 15 days to vacate the palace.
With AP inputs
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