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Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Dashain

The Dashain, the largest festival of the Nepalese, lasting 15 days. During this festival Goddess Durga (The goddess of power) is worshiped. People worship her for nine days. This period is called Nava – Ratri. People visit the temples of goddess Durga. She is worshiped sacrificing birds and animals. The tenth day is called day of victory – Vijaya Dashami. On this day Rama got victory over Ravana. The superiors bless the juniors by putting Tika on their fore-heads and Jamara on their heads. People feed and have feast to their relative.

Nuwakot

Nuwakot bears a special importance in the history of modern Nepal as King Prithivi Narayan Shah-the great the first, King of modern Nepal planned and launched several unification campaigns of Nepal from this historic town . A pagoda style building popularly known as the seven storey palace stand as the landmark of Nuwakot and it was built shortly after Prthivi Narayan Shah’s arrival.

Monday, December 7, 2009

Janakpur

Janakpur is famous as the birth place of Sita, the consort of Lord Rama. There is an artistic marble temple of Sita (Janaki), popularly known as Naulakha Mandir. Religious festivals, pilgrimages trade fairs and other festivals are held during Vivaha Panchami and Ram Navami.

Dhorpatna Hunting Resrve

Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve attracts sports hunters for the highly –covered blue sheep and other game animals such as the leopard ,ghoral,serow, Himalayan thar,Himalayan black bear, barking deer, wild boar and so on

Thimi

Thimi is a traditional Newar city noted for its a vegetable garden and handicrafts. It lies about 5 km west of Bhaktapur.
Bode -about a 20-minute walk from Thimi, hosts the the river-side shrine of Nil Barahi. Each year on the second day of the Nepalese New Year, the town celebrates the tongue-boring festival, in which a villager has a thin metal spike thrust through his tongue by the temple’s priest. After parading around town carrying a bamboo rack of oil lamps, the spike is removed and packed with mud from the temple floor. If no blood flows, the villager earns great respect for himself and the town; however, if blood flows it is considered a bad omen for the coming year.

Panchamul Sirubari

Panchamul Sirubari is the first model village designed to experience village life tourism of Nepal. It is a nature gifted place and one of the most culturally rich Gurung villages. Panchamul Sirubari is a unique example of ecocultural tourism in Nepal and is a new tourism product originated by local people.

Gorkha

Gorkha is the birth place of king Prithivi Narayan Shah-the great, the founder of modern Nepal and is also the ancestral home of the shah Kings of Nepal. Gorkha can be reached in about five hours from Kathmandu and four hours from Pokhara by bus