2. God-houses, dya: che(n)s.

Although dega: , "temple," is ultimately also derived from a Sanskrit phrase for "god's house," the dya: che(n) (literally in Newari "God's house," dya: , god, plus che[n] , house) is where portable images of divinities are kept. These images are carried outside for various rituals, processions, or festivals, and then returned to the house. Some of these buildings are quite elaborate in themselves. Although many important portable gods have their own god-house, many portable images are kept within a temple, where they are separate and distinguished from the fixed temple image of the divinity.