Most Popular Religious Places in Nepal
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Nepal is culturally rich country which contain various popular religious place . various popular religious place has been listed below:
- Muktinath
Muktinath is popular religious placein nepal. Muktinath belongs to Mustang district. This popular religious place lies at an altitude of 3,710 meters and on the surface of the Thorongla Pass. This popular religious sacred site has 108 stone streams flowing from the mouth of a cow from which the holy water is believed to flow.
In this popular religiou place fair is held on Bada Dashain and Chaitra Dashain in Nepal. This popular religious contains two ponds right in front of the temple in Nepal. On one side is the pool of religion and on the other side is the pool of sin. There are other temples around this popular religious place in Nepal
2.Barahashhetra
This pouplar religious place falls at the confluence of Koshi and Kokah rivers on the way from Morang to Bhojpur in Nepal . This pouplar religious place contain famous temple of Lord Barah. This pouplar religious place which has a big fair on Kartik Shukla Purnima, has been discussed by Hindus in Brahmapuran, Himavatkhand Puran, Varahpuran, Padmapuran, Srimadbhagavatpuran and other Puranas in Nepal.
This pouplar religious place contain about three dozen sub-shrines including Adivarahasthan, Suryakunda, Chandrakunda, Kubjamra, Kotivat, Dhenuvat, Vishnupaduka and Lohargal around the Varaha region in Nepal . It is mentioned in various mythological texts.
- Manakamana
Manakamana temple is a very popular religious temple . This pouplar religious place belongs to Gorkha district in Nepal .This pouplar religious place is located in a hilly area at an altitude of 1300 meters in Nepal.
There is a great belief that if you come to this temple, which is considered to be the incarnation of Bhagwati and Parvati. And ask for what you want from the goddess, it will be fulfilled in this pouplar religious place in Nepal
- Gosainkunda
Gosainkund is a tank in Rasuwa district is pouplar religious place in Nepal .According to Hindu mythology, this tank is said to be the abode of Shiva and Gauri in Nepal . According to Hindu scriptures, Samudra Manthan mentioned in Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana and Ramayana Mahabharata is said to be directly related to Gosainkunda.
Janai Purnima and Ganga Dussehra (Indian festival) are very crowded here in this pouplar religious place in Nepal . Thousands of pilgrims from Nepal and India visit this pouplar religious place.There is a great belief in the minds of the people that this tank was created by the blow of Mahadev’s trident in Nepal
- Pashupatinath
This pouplar religious place is located on the banks of the Bagmati in Kathmandu,Nepal. This pouplar religious place is a famous and sacred Shiva temple of the Hindus in Nepal. Large fairs are held on Harishyani, Haribodhani Ekadashi and Mahashivaratri.
Thousands of pilgrims come to visit this pouplar religious place here in Nepal .on other days as well and usually on Mondays to worship this pouplar religious place in Nepal
- Dolakha Bhimsen
Dolakha is a very famous big, pouplar religious place of the district. It is called Bhimeshwar in Nepal.This pouplar religious place contain main idol in this temple is of Lord Bhim.
The feature of this popular religious temple is believed to be the form of three different deities at three times in Nepal. Bhimeshwar in the morning, Mahadev in the day and Narayan in the evening.
- Krishna temple
Krishna Temple is a pouplar religious place located in Patan district in Nepal. And is popular religious place for its architecture and religious buildings On the day of Krishna Janmashtami, there is a huge crowd of devotees in Nepal.
8.Ridi
There is a popular religious temple of Rishikesh here in this place . This popular religious place is a historical and religious temple located near the sacred Kaligandaki and Gandaki in Nepal. which flows from the confluence of Gulmi, Palpa and Syangja districts in northwestern Nepal. The first day of the month of Magh (Maghe Sankranti) is very sweaty in this popular religous place in Nepal.
9.Janaki temple
The popular religious place Janaki Devi temple in Janakpur is a sacred Hindu shrine in Nepal. This popular religious temple of Goddess Sita, her birthplace, is built in Mughal style in Nepal .
Ram Navami, Janaki Navami in Vaishakh, Ramjan’s Wedding Festival in Mansir, Kojagrat in Asoj Punirma, Jhula in Saun-Bhadau, and thousands of devotees flock to Punirma every month in this popular religious place in Nepal
10.Swayambhu
This popular religious place is a famous Buddhist temple (chaitya) located on the top of a hill west of Kathmandu Nepal. According to the Swayambhu Purana, hundreds of years ago, Kathmandu was a large lake in the valley from which the lotus flower originated in this popular religious place .
This popular religious place is believed that the Bodhisattva Manjushri, seeing such an amazing scene and seeing that the people of the valley could be well settled, cut off the Chobhar and sent all the water out of Kathmandu Nepal. On the full moon day of Baishakh, Buddha Jayanti is very crowded in this popular religious place in Nepal
- Ram Mandir
The popular religious place Ram temple adjacent to the Janaki temple is revered by the devotees as Ram Navami .on the day of Chaitra Shukla Navami and on this day there is a great commotion in Nepal.
- Halesi Mahadev
Halesi Mahadev is a popular religious place in Nepal.Hindu and Buddhist pilgrimage site in Khotang district in the Everest Zone of Nepal.This popular religious place is at 4,736 feet above sea level. The structure of this cave is considered to be unique in the world.
This popular religious place is considered by Hindus as the Pashupati of the East, by Buddhists as the second Lumbini and by the Kirants as the primitive land in Nepal
- Budhanilkantha
Kathmandu is popular religious place a pilgrimage site north of the valley. The idol of Lord Budhanilkantha is very old in the lap of Shivpuri Dada on the north side of Kathmandu Valley Neapl.
It is not written anywhere and at what time it was made and no one knows. According to legend, when a farmer was digging his field, the toe of the idol was injured and blood was also seen in this popular religious place in Nepal.
According to another mythological fact, the idol of the god was brought to this popular religious place.Its present place in Kathmandu Nepal in the seventh century during the reign of Lichhavi king Bhimarjun Dev and during the reign of Vishnu Gupta. But there is no concrete evidence in Nepal.
- Lumbini
Kapilbastu district of Nepal is the birthplace of Lord Gautam Buddha which is popular religious place . There are Asoka pillars, various religious ponds, and monasteries, as well as the Mayadevi temple in this popular religious places .
Here is also a pool where Mayadevi bathed after giving birth to Siddhartha Gautama and also bathed Gautama Buddha in this popular religious place in Nepal
- Dakshinkali
This popular religious place is located 22 kilometers from Kathmandu Nepal, 1 kilometer above Pharping. This is the popular religious place of a powerful goddess Kali. Especially on Saturdays and Tuesdays, large crowds of devotees visit this popular religious temple.It is customary to sacrifice animals and birds in this popular religious places , temple. Archaeologically, This popular religious place is of great importance.
16.Devighat
There is a popular religious place of Goddess Bhairavi at the confluence of Trisuli and Suryamati in Nepal. There is a big fair here in Baishakh in this popular religious placein Nepal . The idol of the goddess of Nuwakot is brought and kept in this temple.
- Swargadwari
Swargadwari is located about 26 kilometers west of Khalanga, the district headquarters of Pyuthan district in Nepal. This popular religious place is considered as one of the important religious and tourist sites of Nepal. Swargadwari temple is one of the oldest temples in Nepal.
- Siddhartha Pokhari
Mayadevi bathed in this pool south of Mayadevi’s temple in Lumbini before Siddhartha was born and after Siddhartha was born she also bathed in this pool. This is why the pond is known as Siddhartha Pond.
- Resunga
This is a very oldtemple in Nepal. It belongs to Gulmi district. It is located at the top of a hill called Resunga. The sage Sringa had done penance and his idol.
- Bala Tripurasundari
The Balatripura Sundarika temple in Dalpa district is a very old and famous religious site. Pilgrims from all over the world come to this temple.
