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Baraha Kshetra
Sunsari
Baraha Kshetra is a major Hindu, Kirat, and Limbu pilgrimage landscape at the confluence of the Koka and Koshi rivers in Sunsari, Koshi Province. Dedicated t…
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Dantakali Temple, Dharan
Sunsari
Dantakali Temple in Bijayapur, Dharan is a Shakti Peeth where the sacred teeth of Goddess Sati are believed to have fallen — one of eastern Nepal's most impo…
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Gorkha Durbar
Gorkha
Gorkha Durbar is a 16th-century hilltop palace and temple complex built under Ram Shah — the ancestral seat of the Shah dynasty and birthplace of Nepal's uni…
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Halesi Mahadev Temple, Khotang
Khotang
Halesi Mahadev is a sacred cave-shrine in Khotang revered by Hindus and Buddhists alike — the Maratika caves where Padmasambhava and Vishnu traditions meet i…
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Janaki Mandir, Janakpur
Dhanusha
Janaki Mandir (Nau Lakha Mandir) is one of Nepal's largest and most magnificent Hindu temples — a white marble palace-temple in Janakpur where Goddess Sita i…
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Kakre Bihar, Surkhet
Surkhet
Kakre Bihar is a 12th-century Shikhara temple ruin in the forest above Birendranagar — one of Karnali's most important archaeological sites, revered by both…
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Kathmandu Durbar Square
Kathmandu
Kathmandu Durbar Square (Basantapur) is the old royal palace quarter of the Malla and Shah kings — Hanuman Dhoka, Kumari Ghar, and pagoda temples in a UNESCO…
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Lumbini Monastic Zone
Rupandehi
Lumbini's International Monastic Zone spreads east and west of a central canal — dozens of monasteries in Thai, Cambodian, Chinese, Myanmar, and other nation…
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Maya Devi Temple, Lumbini
Rupandehi
Maya Devi Temple marks the traditionally accepted birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama — the Buddha — within the UNESCO-listed Sacred Garden of Lumbini. Pilgrims…
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Mithila Art Villages, Janakpur
Dhanusha
Around Janakpur, Maithil villages preserve living heritage of Mithila (Madhubani) painting — geometric floors, narrative wall murals, and workshops where art…
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Pashupatinath Temple
Kathmandu
Pashupatinath is Nepal's holiest Hindu shrine, dedicated to Lord Shiva as Pashupatinath on the banks of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu. A UNESCO World Herita…
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Pathibhara Devi Temple, Taplejung
Taplejung
Pathibhara Devi Temple crowns a 3,794-metre ridge in Taplejung — a major Hindu-Kirat pilgrimage shrine in Nepal's eastern hills, drawing devotees from Nepal…
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Ram Sita Vivah Mandap
Dhanusha
Ram Sita Vivah Mandap is a white marble pavilion in Janakpur marking the mythical wedding site of Lord Rama and Goddess Sita — centrepiece of the annual Viva…
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Sagarmatha National Park
Solukhumbu
Sagarmatha National Park is Nepal's first Himalayan national park inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site — home to Mount Everest, Sherpa villages, and sac…
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Sinja Valley, Jumla
Jumla
Sinja Valley is the cradle of the Khas language — early form of modern Nepali — and the 12th–14th century capital of the Khas Malla Kingdom, inscribed on UNE…
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Tal Barahi Temple, Phewa Lake
Kaski
Tal Barahi Temple sits on a small island in Phewa Lake — Pokhara's iconic two-storey pagoda shrine to Goddess Barahi (Ajima), reached only by boat.
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Tripura Sundari Temple, Baitadi
Baitadi
Tripura Sundari Temple (Ransaini Bhagwati) crowns a hilltop at Gothalapani in Baitadi — a historic Shakti Peeth with pagoda architecture and sweeping views t…
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