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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Bagmati River

Bagmati River is one of the religious river of Nepal. It is located at Bagdwaar, Kathmandu. It is a holy river which flows through the Kathmandu valley. There are number of temples on the bank of this river. Near Bagmati river Pashupatinath temple is located. Bagmati river is the religious river of Nepal where thousands of prayers come to have a religious bath. Thereis beleif that people who have bath on Bagmati river, their sins will wash away and they will be pure.So many people from inside and outside the part of the country come to have a bath. This river is consider to purify the spirit of people and both Hindu and Buddhist assumes Bagmati river as a holy river. Bagmati river helps to seperate Kathmandu from Lalitpur. So Bagmati river being a religious river many people from different parts of country as well as foreigners are attracted to view a real image of Bagmati river.







Pashupatinath Temple




Pashupatinath temple is one of the famous and religious temple of Nepal. It was build by King Bhupendra in 17th century which is two storied. It signifies the Hindu religion of Lord Shiva. It is located in the Eastern part of Kathmandu  near the bank of Bagmati River. This temple is listed in World Heritage Sites list. It is the historical temple of Nepal. There is faith that wishes would be fulfilled in this temple so many people from different part of country visit the temple. This temple is one of the historical monument of Nepal so many foreigners from different countries visit Nepal to view this ancient and religious temple.
                                           Pashupatinath temple is Hindu temple so many followers from outside and inside the country come to pray Lord Shiva everyday. Moreover there will be crowd of people on special occasions like Ekadasi, Sankranti, Rakshabhandhan, Poornima(Full Moon Day), MahaShiva Ratri and more. To control the crowd many securities and policies are appointed on different places of temple. The money collected from temple is allocated for its repairment and for the welfare of the country.

Wednesday, August 29, 2012

About Nepal

Nepal is a beautiful country in South Asia. It is divided into 3 regions; hilly region, mountain region and terai region. It is rich in natural resources, art, culture, religion, social values and norms. It includes beautiful lakes, mountains, rivers, dense forest, George, waterfalls, caves and so on. Nepal has the area of  1,47,181 square kilometers and the population is more than 2million. It is surrounded to the north by China and to the east, west and south by India. Nepal is known as birth place of Gautam Buddha, place of Mount Everest ( Sagarmatha; highest peak in the world whose height is about 8848 meter), place of art and culture. Nepal contains more than 240 peaks. Among them Annapurna, Dhaulagiri, Makalu, Machhapuchare are famous peaks. Nepal is the common garden of different people have different caste and culture. People of various caste like Chhetri, Brahmin, Gurung, Newar, Rai, Limbu, Tharu, Sunar etc can be found. The climatic condition and environment is mild. Due to suitable and favorable climate different species, plants, animals can be found at different parts of the country. Nepal being rich in natural resources many foreigners from different countries are visiting Nepal for trekking, rafting, paragliding which has been an attraction place to many people to enjoy with their families and friends.

Mount Everest


The main tourist areas are Mount Everest, Pashupatinath Temple, Swayambhunath, Bhimsen Tower (Dharahara), Durbar Square and more. 

  


Mount Everest (Sagarmatha)

Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world. Its height is about 8848 meters. It is located at MAHALANGUR. Its neighboring peaks are Lhotse, Changtse and Nuptse. It is listed in the World 's heritage list which contributed to enhance the name of the small country Nepal in the world. Many tourist as well as capable and experience climbers are attractive to climb the highest peak. Some climbers climb for their name and fame and some climb for enjoyment. SIR EDMUND HILLARY of Newzealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal  are the first two persons to reach the summit. Junko Tabei of Japan is the first female to reach the peak of Mount Everest. 
                     Beside this there is Sagarmatha National Park which is the famous and popular national park of  Nepal. There are many rare animals and species including lion, tiger, rhino, leopard, elephant, many species of dear, fishes and many other species of plants and animals. There is proper hotels and lodges for visitors with guides which is making the adventure more comfortable. People visit this area by trekking but also there is the facility of flight and vehicles.

Map of Kathmandu City



This is the Map of Kathmandu valley which consist of main cities and famous places. It is more over a guideline to visitors which make their visit comfortable.