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Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Dhulikhel- Travel To Nepal

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Dhulikhel

Dhulikhel is the administrative centre of kavrepalanchowk district, nepal. at the time of the 2011 nepal census it had a population of 16,263 people in three,291 households. predominant highway b.p. motorway and arniko dual carriageway passes via dhulikhel. araniko dual carriageway connects kathmandu, nepal's capital town with tibet's border town of kodari. dhulikhel is located on the jap rim of kathmandu valley, south of the himalayas at 1550m above sea stage and is located 30 km southeast of kathmandu and seventy four km southwest of kodari. the people in the village are newars, brahmin, chhettri, tamang and dalit. consuming water in dhulikhel is some of the fine water in nepal. it changed into made with the help of the german ngo, german technical cooperation.

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Tourism

Dhulikhel has been for centuries an important trading centre on the commercial route linking Nepal to Tibet. Since time immemorial, people of Nepal travel to Tibet to bring home salt and gold. Likewise, the Tibetans every year with their flocks of sheep enter into Nepal during Dashain, the greatest Hindu festival. They use to purchase chilies and other daily necessities in Nepal and return to their homeland. In those days, a whole day walk from Kathmandu to Dhulikhel was comfortable for Tibet trippers with easily available of food and water at Dhulikhel at the evening for overnight stay. After adjoining with Tibet by motorable road in 1965, Dhulikhel got a face lift and developed as a tourist destination. Dhulikhel is an ideal station to stop for overnight stay while going to Tibet and coming back to Kathmandu.

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Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Changu Narayan (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #10)

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Changu Narayan, The World Heritage Sites Of Nepal

The ancient hindu temple of changu narayan is positioned on a high hilltop this is additionally referred to as changu or dolagiri. the temple changed into surrounded with the aid of forest with champak tree and a small village, referred to as changu village. the temple is located in changunarayan vdc of bhaktapur district, nepal. this hill is about eight miles east of kathmandu and some miles north of bhaktapur. the manahara river flows beside the hill. this shrine is devoted to lord visnu and held in especial reverence by the hindu human beings. this temple is taken into consideration because the oldest temple in Nepal.

The Legend of Changu Narayan

In ancient times, a Gwala, or cow herder, had brought a cow from a Brahmin named Sudarshan. The cow was known for producing large quantities of milk. The Gwala used to take the cow to Changu for grazing. At that time Changu was a forest of Champak trees. While grazing, the cow always went to the shade of a particular tree. In the evening, when the Gwala took the cow home and started milking her, he got only a very small amount of milk. This continued several days. He grew very sad, so he called on the Brahmin saying the cow was not giving enough milk. After observing this with his own eyes, Sudarshan agreed with the Gwala they should observe the cow's daytime activity while she was grazing in the forest. Brahmin and Gwala both hid behind the trees and watched the cow. She went into the shade of one particular champak tree. To their surprise, a small black boy came out of the tree and started drinking the cow milk. The two men were furious because they thought the boy must be the devil and tree must be its home. So the Brahmin cut down the champak tree. When he was cutting it down, fresh human blood came out of the tree. Both Brahmin and Gwala got worried, believing they had committed a great crime and began to cry. Lord Vishnu emerged from the tree and told the Brahmin and cowherd it was not their fault. Vishnu told the story of how he had committed a heinous crime by unwittingly killing Sudarshan’s father while hunting in the forest. After that, cursed for the crime, he wandered the earth on his mouth, as ‘Garuda’ eventually descending on the hill at Changu. There he lived in anonymity, surviving on milk stolen from a cow. When Brahmin cut down the tree, Vishnu was beheaded, which freed Lord Vishnu from his sins. After hearing these words from Vishnu, Brahmin and Gwala resolved to worship the place and established a small temple in the name of Lord Vishnu. Ever since, the site has been sacred. Even today, we find Sudarshan's descendant as priest of the temple and the Gwala's descendants as ghutiyars (conservators).

Patan Museum (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #9)

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Patan Museum (UNESCO’s World Heritage Site)

The patan museum is a museum placed in patan, nepal. the museum falls underneath the unesco’s international heritage web sites. the patan museum changed into inaugurated in 1997 through overdue king birendra bir bikram shah. the patan museum presentations the traditional sacred arts of nepal in an illustrious architectural putting. its home is an vintage residential courtroom of ptan darbar, one of the royal palaces of former malla kings of the kathmandu valley. the museum’s well-knownshows cowl a protracted span of nepal’s cultural history and some uncommon objects are among its treasures. maximum of the gadgets are solid bronzes and gilt copper repoussé work, conventional crafts for which patan is well-known.

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Kopan Monastery (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #8)

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Kopan Monastery

Kopan Monastery
Debate hall at Kopan Monastery.
Kopan Monastery Location within Nepal
Coordinates	27°44′32″N 85°21′51″E
Monastery information
Location	Kathmandu, Hetauda, Bhimeshwor Nagar Palika Area,Nepal
Founded by	Thubten Yeshe and Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Founded	1972
Type	Tibetan Buddhist
Sect	Gelug
Lineage	Lama Tsongkhapa
Head Lama	Thubten Zopa Rinpoche
Number of monks	365

kopan monastery is a tibetan buddhist monastery close to boudhanath, at the outskirts of kathmandu, Nepal. it is a member of the muse for the maintenance of the mahayana way of life (fpmt), an worldwide network of gelugpa dharma centers, and as soon as served as its headquarters.

the monastery become set up by using the fpmt's founders, lamas thubten yeshe and thubten zopa rinpoche, who bought the assets from nepal's royal astrologer in 1969. its name comes from the name of the hill on which it become constructed.

Kopan has become especially famous for teaching Buddhism to visiting Western foreigners. The first of what would become annual month-long (November–December) meditation courses was held in 1971. These courses generally combine traditional Lam Rim teachings with informal discussion, several periods of guided meditation, and a vegetarian diet.

Kopan now encompasses two separate institutions: the monastery, atop Kopan Hill, and the nearby Khachoe Chakyil Ling Nunnery (known as the Kopan Nunnery). The nunnery was established in 1979 by Lama Yeshe to provide spiritual and practical education modeled on that received by the monks. In 2009 the nunnery began raising money to expand its housing and education capacity, which has grown from 4 to 400 in less than 35 years, using such sites as GoFundMe.

Kopan Monastery has also recently become a popular recreational destination for Kathmandu residents and tourists. On Saturdays it regularly receives hundreds of visitors. The monastery is not open to the public on other days of the week.

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Patan Durbar Square (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #7)

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Patan Durbar Square, The World Heritage Sites Of Nepal

Patan durbar rectangular is situated at the centre of the metropolis of lalitpur in nepal. it's miles one of the 3 durbar squares inside the kathmandu valley, all of which can be unesco global history websites. certainly one of its attraction is the historic royal palace where the malla kings of lalitpur resided.

the durbar rectangular is a wonder of newa structure. the square floor is tiled with purple bricks.there are many temples and idols inside the area. the principle temples are aligned contrary of the western face of the palace.the entrance of the temples faces east, closer to the palace. there may be also a bell situated within the alignment beside the primary temples. the rectangular additionally holds vintage newari residential houses. there are numerous other temples and systems in and around patan durbar rectangular constructed by way of the newa humans.

The square was heavily damaged on 25 April 2015 baisakh 12 by a major earthquake.

History

The history of the Durbar Square is not clear. Although the Malla Kings of Lalitpur are given credit for establishing the royal square, it is known that the site is an ancient crossroad. The Pradhanas who settled around the site before the Mallas have connections with the Durbar Square.Some chronicles hint that the history of patan Thakuri Dynasty built a palace and made reforms to the locality but the evidence is minute. Scholars are certain that Patan was a prosperous city since ancient times.

The Malla Kings did make important changes to the square. Most of the current architecture is from the 1600s, constructed during the reign of King Siddhinarasimha Malla and his son Srinivasa sukriti. Some of the notable Mallas Kings who improved the square include Purandarasimha, Sivasimha Malla and Yoganarendra Malla.

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Bhaktapur Durbar Square (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #6)

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Bhaktapur Durbar Square, The World Heritage Sites Of Nepal

Bhaktapur durbar square is the plaza in front of the royal palace of the old bhaktapur nation, 1400m above sea level. it's miles a unesco global historical past web page.

the bhaktapur durbar square is positioned in the current town of bhaktapur, also called bhadgaon, which lies 13 km east of kathmandu. whilst the complicated includes at least four awesome squares (durbar square, taumadhi rectangular, dattatreya square and pottery square), the whole region is informally referred to as the bhakapur durbar square and is a tremendously visited site inside the kathmandu valley.

Major attractions

Batsala Temple

Batsala Temple was the stone temple of goddess Batsala Devi that included man

intricate carvings; however, it was most famous for its bronze bell, known to local

residents as "the bell-of barking dogs " as when it is rung, dogs in the vicinity bark and howl. The colossal bell was hung by King Ranjit Malla in 1737 AD and was used to sound the daily curfew. It was rung every morning when goddess Taleju was worshiped. The bell remains intact; the temple was completely demolished by the 2015 Gorkha earthquake.

Statue of Bhupatindra Malla

The Statue of King Bhupatindra Malla in the act of worship can be seen on a column facing the palace. Of the square's many statues, this is considered to be the most magnificent.

Nyatapola Temple

Nyatapola in Newari language means five stories - the symbolic of five basic elements. This is the biggest and highest pagoda of Nepal ever built with such architectural perfection and artistic beauty.

Bhairava Nath Temple

The Bhairab Nath Temple is dedicated to Bhairava the most fierce and manifestation aspect of lord Shiva.

Golden Gate

Lu Dhowka (The Golden Gate) is said to be the most beautiful and richly moulded specimen of its kind in the entire world. The door is surmounted by a figure of the Hindu goddess Kali and Garuda (mythical griffin) and attended by two heavenly nymphs. It is embellished with monsters and other Hindu mythical creatures of marvellous intricacy. Percy Brown, an eminent English art critic and historian, described the Golden Gate as "the most lovely piece of art in the whole Kingdom; it is

placed like a jewel, flashing innumerable facets in the handsome setting of its surroundings." The gate was erected by King Ranjit Malla and is the entrance to the main courtyard of the palace of fifty-five windows.

Lion's Gate

The magnificent and beautiful gate was produced from artisans whose hands were cut off after finishing touch to them by the envious Bhadgoun king so that no more of such masterpiece would be produced again.

Mini Pashupati Temple

The holy god Shiva temple, the mini pashupati, is believed to be built right in front of the palace after a Bhadgoan king dreamed of it.

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Kathmandu Durbar Square (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #5)

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Kathmandu Durbar Square, The World Heritage Sites Of Nepal

Kathmandu durbar rectangular in front of the vintage royal palace of the former kathmandu state is one among three durbar (royal palace) squares in the kathmandu valley in Nepal, all of which might be unesco global background web sites.

several homes within the rectangular collapsed due to a main earthquake on 25 april 2015. durbar square become surrounded with surprising structure and vividly showcases the abilties of the newar artists and craftsmen over numerous centuries. the royal palace was firstly at dattaraya rectangular and changed into later moved to the durbar square.

The Kathmandu Durbar Square held the palaces of the Malla and Shah kings who ruled over the city. Along with these palaces, the square surrounds quadrangles, revealing courtyards and temples. It is known as Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square, a name derived from a statue of Hanuman, the monkey devotee of Lord Ram, at the entrance of the palace.

History and construction

The preference for the construction of royal palaces at this site dates back to as early as the Licchavi period in the third century. Even though the present palaces and temples have undergone repeated and extensive renovations and nothing physical remains from that period. Names like Gunapo and Gupo, which are the names referred to the palaces in the square in early scriptures, imply that the palaces were built by Gunakamadev, a King ruling late in the tenth-century. When Kathmandu City became independent under the rule of King Ratna Malla (1484–1520), the palaces in the square became the Royal Palaces for its Malla Kings. When Prithvi Narayan Shah invaded the Kathmandu Valley in 1769, he favored the Kathmandu Durbar Square for his palace. Other subsequent Shah kings continued to rule from the square until 1896 when they moved to the Narayan Hiti Palace.

The square is still the center of important royal events like the coronation of King Birendra Bir Bikram Shah in 1975 and King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah in 2001.

Though there are no written archives stating the history of Kathmandu Durbar Square, construction of the palace in the square is credited to Sankharadev (1069–1083). As the first king of the independent Kathmandu City, Ratna Malla is said to have built the Taleju temple in the Northern side of the palace in 1501. For this to be true then the temple would have had to have been built in the vihara style as part of the palace premise surrounding the Mul Chok courtyard for no evidence of a separate structure that would match this temple can be found within the square.

Construction of the Karnel Chok is not clearly stated in any historical inscriptions; although, it is probably the oldest among all the courtyards in the square. The Bhagavati Temple, originally known as a Narayan Temple, rises above the mansions surrounding it and was added during the time of Jagajaya Malla in the early eighteenth century. The Narayan idol within the temple was stolen so Prithvi Narayan Shah replaced it with an image of Bhagavati, completely transforming the name of the temple.

The oldest temples in the square are those built by Mahendra Malla (1560–1574). They are the temples of Jagannath, Kotilingeswara Mahadev, Mahendreswara, and the Taleju Temple. This three-roofed Taleju Temple was established in 1564, in a typical Newari architectural style and is elevated on platforms that form a pyramid-like structure. It is said that Mahendra Malla, when he was residing in Bhaktapur, was highly devoted to the Taleju Temple there; the Goddess being pleased with his devotion gave him a vision asking him to build a temple for her in the Kathmandu Durbar Square. With a help of a hermit, he designed the temple to give it its present form and the Goddess entered the temple in the form of a bee.

His successors Sadasiva (1575–1581), his son, Shiva Simha (1578–1619), and his grandson, Laksmi Narsingha (1619–1641), do not seem to have made any major additions to the square. During this period of three generations the only constructions to have occurred were the establishment of Degutale Temple dedicated to Goddess Mother Taleju by Shiva Simha and some enhancement in the royal palace by Laksminar Simha.

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Thamel (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #4)

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Thamel

Thamel is a business community in kathmandu, the capital of nepal. thamel has been the centre of the vacationer industry in kathmandu for over four a long time, starting from the hippie days whilst many artists got here to nepal and spent weeks in thamel. despite the fact that thamel has been known as a "ghetto" with the aid of a few, many low-price range guests recall it a hotspot for tourism.

Thamel is outstanding with the aid of its slim alleys crowded with various shops and providers. typically offered goods include meals, clean vegetables/culmination, pastries, trekking tools, walking equipment, song, dvds, handicrafts, souvenirs, woolens, garments. tour companies, small grocery stores, price range hotels and eating places also line the streets. automobiles, cycles rickshaws, two-wheelers and taxis ply these slim streets along loads of pedestrians. ve traditional and continental delicacies, even though prices are extensively higher than in non-visitor regions. thamel additionally acts because the pre-base camp for mountaineers. it boasts a extensive range of mountain climbing equipment stores, foreign money alternate booths, cell phone stores, pubs, golf equipment, and nightlife along with the numerous journey agents and visitor houses. thamel is home to a huge variety of the nepalese population, and serves both entertainment and employment functions.

On Wednesday, 28 September 2011, Thamel was declared a full Wi-fi zone. It is the first Wi-fi zone of Nepal.

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Swayambhunath (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #3)

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Swayambhunath, The World Heritage Sites Of Nepal

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Address	Swayambhu, Kathmandu
Country	Nepal

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swayambhunath is an historical non secular architecture atop a hill inside the kathmandu valley, west of kathmandu metropolis. the tibetan call for the web site way 'chic timber' (wylie:phags.pa shing.kun), for the numerous styles of bushes discovered on the hill. however, shing.kun can be a corruption of the neighborhood nepal bhasa name for the complicated, singgu, meaning 'self-sprung'. for the buddhist newars in whose mythological records and origin fable in addition to every day non secular exercise, swayambhunath occupies a primary role, it might be the most sacred among buddhist pilgrimage web sites. for tibetans and fans of tibetan buddhism, it is 2nd handiest to boudhanath.

The Swayambhunath complex consists of a stupa, a variety of shrines and temples, some dating back to the Licchavi period. A Tibetan monastery, museum and library are more recent additions. The stupa has Buddha's eyes and eyebrows painted on. Between them, the number one (in Devanagari script) is painted in the fashion of a nose. There are also shops, restaurants and hostels. The site has two access points: a long stairway with 365 steps, leading directly to the main platform of the temple, which is from the top of the hill to the east; and a car road around the hill from the south leading to the southwest entrance. The first sight on reaching the top of the stairway is the Vajra. Tsultrim Allione describes the experience:

We were breathless and sweating as we stumbled up the last steep steps and practically fell upon the biggest vajra (thunder-bolt scepter) that I have ever seen. Behind this vajra was the vast, round, white dome of the stupa, like a full solid skirt, at the top of which were two giant Buddha eyes wisely looking out over the peaceful valley which was just beginning to come alive.

Much of Swayambhunath's iconography comes from the Vajrayana tradition of Newar Buddhism. However, the complex is also an important site for Buddhists of many schools, and is also revered by Hindus.

Mythology

According to Swayambhu Purana, the entire valley was once filled with an enormous lake, out of which grew a lotus. The valley came to be known as Swayambhu, meaning "Self-Created." The name comes from an eternal self-existent flame (svyaṃbhu) over which a sūpa was later built.

Swayambhunath is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in the north-west parts of the temple. They are holy because Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom and learning was raising the hill which the Swayambhunath Temple stands on. He was supposed to leave his hair short but he made it grow long and head lice grew. It is said that the head lice transformed into these monkeys.

Manjusri had a vision of the lotus at Swayambhu and traveled there to worship it. Seeing that the valley can be good settlement and to make the site more accessible to human pilgrims, he cut a gorge at Chovar. The water drained out of the lake, leaving the valley in which Kathmandu now lies. The lotus was transformed into a hill and the flower became the Swayambhunath stupa.

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Pashupati Nath (Visiting Place At Kathmandu #2)

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Pashupatinath Temple, The World Heritage Sites Of Nepal

Name
Night view of Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath Temple Location in Nepal
Proper name	Pashupatinath Temple
Devanagari	पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर
Geography
Coordinates	27°42′35″N 85°20′55″E
Country	Nepal
District	Kathmandu
Locale	Kathmandu
Culture
Primary deity	Shiva
Important festivals	Shivaratri, Teej, Bala Chaturdashi
Architecture
Architectural styles	Pagoda

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the pashupatinath temple is a famous, sacred hindu temple devoted to pashupatinath and is placed on the banks of the bagmati river 5 kilometres north-east of kathmandu valley in the jap city of kathmandu, the capital of nepal. this temple is considered one of the sacred temples of hindu faith .the temple serves as the seat of the countrywide deity, lord pashupatinath.this temple complicated is on unesco global historical past websites's listing considering 1979.this "sizeable hindu temple precinct" is a "sprawling series of temples, ashrams, pictures and inscriptions raised over the centuries along the banks of the sacred bagmati river" and is blanketed as one of the seven monument organizations in unesco's designation of kathmandu valley as a cultural historical past web site.one of the main fairs of the temple is maha shivaratri on which day over seven-hundred,000 devotees go to right here.

The twelve Jyotirlinga (in India) are the body and the Jyotirlinga at Pashupatinath in Kathmandu (Nepal) is the head over this body.

The temple is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva) on the continent. Kotirudra Samhita, Chapter 11 on the Shivalingas of the North, in Shiva Purana mentions this Shivalinga as the bestower of all wishes.

Temple complex

The area of Pashupatinath encompasses 264 hectare of land including 518 temples and monuments. Main pagoda style temple is located in the fortified courtyard within the complex guarded by Semi-Millitary Nepal Police and Military Force Nepal Army and has a police outpost post along with living quarter within. In front of the western door there is a huge statue Nandi bull, in bronze. Along with many temples and shrines of both Vaishnav and saiva tradition.

Temples and Shrines in the inner courtyard

Vasuki nath temple
Unmatta Bhairav temple
Surya narayan temple
Kirti mukh bhairav shrine
Budanil kantha shrine
Hanuman shrine
184 shivaling shrine

Temples and Shrines in the outer complex

Ram mandir
Virat swaroop temple
12 jyotirlingha and Pandra Shivalaya
Guhyeshwari Temple

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