4. KATHMANDU
KATHMANDU, THE CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY IN
NEPAL. FOR SEVERAL HUNDRED YEARS,
KATHMANDU WAS ONE OF THREE RIVAL ROYAL
CITIES, ALONG WITH BHAKTAPUR AND PATAN.
SITUATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER,
TODAY THESE THREE ALMOST RUN TOGETHER.
THE HIGHLIGHT OF KATHMANDU HAS LONG BEEN
DURBAR SQUARE, THE LARGEST OF THE PALACE
SQUARES IN THE THREE ROYAL CITIES AND A
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. TEMPLES AND
MONUMENTS OF VARYING SHAPES, SIZES, STYLES,
AND FAITHS CAN BE FOUND HERE.
PLACES TO VISIT IN KATHMANDU ARE
âKATHMANDU DURBAR SQUARE, PASHUPATINATH
TEMPLE, BOUDHA STUPA, BHAKTAPUR DURBAR
SQUARE, SWAYMBHUNATH ETCâŠ..
5. KATHMANDU DURBAR
SQUARE
KATHMANDU DURBAR SQUARE IN FRONT OF
THE OLD ROYAL PALACE OF THE FORMER
KATHMANDU KINGDOM IS ONE OF THREE
DURBAR SQUARES IN THE KATHMANDU
VALLEY IN NEPAL, ALL OF WHICH ARE
UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES.
BHAKTAPUR DURBAR
SQUARE
MANY TOURISTS ATTRACTION IS TOWARD
THE PACHPANN JHYALE DURBAR.
BHAKTAPUR DURBAR SQUARE IS THE PLAZA
IN FRONT OF THE ROYAL PALACE OF THE
OLD BHAKTAPUR KINGDOM. MAJOR
ATTRACTIONS ARE 55 WINDOW PALACE,
GOLDEN GATE, LIONS GATE ETCâŠ..
6. BOUDHANATH STUPA
THE BUDDHIST STUPA OF BOUDHA STUPA
DOMINATES THE SKYLINE; IT IS ONE OF
THE LARGEST STUPAS IN THE WORLD.
SAYAMBHUNATH
ALSO KNOWN AS MONKEY TEMPLE. THE
TIBETAN NAME FOR THE SITE MEANS
'SUBLIME TREES' FOR THE MANY
VARIETIES OF TREES FOUND ON THE
HILL. A FULL VIEW OF KATHMANDU
CITY CAN BE SEEN FROM THIS HILL.
8. CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK
IT IS A PRESERVED AREA IN THE TERAI LOWLANDS OF NEPAL, KNOWN FOR ITS DIVERSITY. ITS
DENSE FOREST AND GRASSY PLAINS ARE HOME TO RARE ONE HORN RHINO AND BENGAL
TIGERS. NUMEROUS BIRD SPECIES ALSO SHELTER HERE. DUGOUT CANOES TRANSVERSE THE
NORTHERN RAPTI RIVER, HOME TO CROCODILES.
MAIN ATTRACTION WE ENJOY WILL BE JEEP SAFARI AND ELEPHANT SAFARI.
9. POKHARA
A VERY BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO VISIT
WITH FOLLOWING MAJOR
ATTRACTIONS:
âą PHEWA LAKE BOATING
âą MAHENDRA CAVE
âą BAT CAVE
âą MAHADEV CAVE
âą SHANTI STUPA
âą PARANDLIDING FROM SARANGKOT
âą EARLY MORNING SUNRISE FROM
SARANGKOTâŠ
âą AND MANY OTHER PLACESâŠ
10.
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12. WATER FROM DAVIS FALL FORMS A UNDERGROUND TUNNEL AFTER REACHING
THE BUTTOM. ITS NAMED AFTER SWISS COUPLE WHO WENT FOR SWIMMING AND
NEVER RETURN BACK. ITS NEPALI NAME IS PATALE CHANGE WHICH MEANS
UNDERWORLD WATERFALL.
AFTER EXITING THE TUNNEL THE WATER PASSES THROUGH THE MAHADEV CAVE
WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS CAVE BENEATH THE GROUND. THE WAY INSIDE THE
MAHADEV CAVE IS QUITE CONFUSING DUE TO WHICH MANY TIME PEOPLE
FORGETS THE WAY INSIDE THE CAVE.
13. PARAGLIDING IS ONE OF THE MAJOR ADVENTURE IN POKHARA. BESIDES THIS THE
BEAUTIFULL SCENARIO OF SUNRISE CAN BE OBSERVED FROM SARANGKOT,
POKHARA. THE SITE OF PARAGLIDING IS ALSO FROM THE SAME HILL.
14. SHANTI STUPA IS ONE OF THE BEAUTIFUL SITE IN POKHARA. WE CAN ENJOY THE
TREKKING TO STUPA FROM LAKESIDE. IT IS AT HILLTOP. SO FROM THERE THE
BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF PHEWA LAKE AND THE POKHARA CITY IS SEEN.
16. LUMBINI
THE BIRTH PLACE OF LORD BUDDHA.
ITâS THE PLACE WHERE MAYADEVI
GAVE BIRTH TO SIDDHARTH GAUTAM.
MANY MONUMENTS, MONASTERIES
AND A MUSEUM, THE LUMBINI
INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
ARE ALSO WITHIN THE HOLY SITE.
ALSO THERE IS THE PUSKARINI, OR
HOLY POND, WHERE THE BUDDHA'S
MOTHER TOOK THE RITUAL DIP PRIOR
TO HIS BIRTH AND WHERE HE HAD HIS
FIRST BATH. IT IS LISTED IN WORLD
HERITAGE SITE BY UNESCO.
19. MUKTINATH TEMPLE
IT IS THE HOLY SACRED PLACE FOR BOTH HINDU AND BUDDHIST. IT IS A TEMPLE
OF LORD VISHNU WITH A MURTI MADE OF GOLD OF MAN HEIGHT. THE SACRED
WATER FLOWS IN 108 PIPES WHICH IS CONSIDERED TO WASH AWAY ALL THE SINS.
THE TEMPERATURE IS ALWAYS AT FREEZING POINT.
THE ENTIRE RIVER GANDAKI BED HAS SHALIGRAM STONES WHICH ARE USED TO
WORSHIP LORD VISHNU.