VISIT KATHMANDU VALLEY, NEPAL.
VISIT THE THREE MAJOR CITIES KATHMANDU, LALITPUR & BHAKTAPUR OF NEPAL.
The cities of Temples, Stupas, Pagodas,Chaityas,Vihars, illuminated by pageants & festivals.
-:- History of the formation of Kathmandu valley.
Thousands of years ago there was a lake inhabitant of mighty serpant's where in the middle of the lake was a huge lotus with thousand of petals sowed by Bipashwi Tathagata ( Buddha ) with a beautiful blue flame arised from it makes it even more astonished.
When the saints and sadhus discovered the lotus by their meditation power they travelled far from to worship the flower which made the lake sacred site for pilgrims. Among them when Manjusri (Wenshu - chinese name) was meditating at the sacred mountain Wu Tai Shan of China got a vision of the flower.
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Manjusri |
He came to visit the flower to worship it. He saw the flower was in the middle of the lake but his desire was to be near by the flower to pay homage. So he rised his holy sword named Chandrahrasa and cut down the mountain ( gorge at Chovar) in one swoop. All the water flowed out, the lake was drained which formed a valley now named Kathmandu. This is the valley which was settled by Manjusri himself establishing a city called Manjupatan now known as Majipa making Dharmakara king of city and taught the citizens different kinds of arts, crafts, farming, music and dance. This is why Kathmandu valley has its own unique culture the technique of their farming is far above the farmers outside valley and the music, food recipes, arts, architecture, crafts, temples, pagodas, chaityas even the masterplan of the city is rich, different and unavailable outside the valley. So the inhabitants of Kathmandu 'Newars' worship Manjusri as the god of knowledge and craftsmanship similitude to goddess Saraswoti. They also followed the religion (Buddhism) granted by Manjusri.
-:- World heritage sites with Temples / Stupas inside Kathmandu valley.
- Some of the pics of world heritage site, stupas and temples of tourist destinations that lies in Kathmandu valley.
Swayambhunath Stupa (monkey temple)
-:- Places to visit ( recommended )
Kathmandu Durbar Square
Swayambhu
Pashupati
Bouddha
Gujeswori
Kirtipur
Chobhar
Sankhu
Patan Durbar Square
Mangal bazar
Golden temple
Mahabaudha
Central zoo
Bhaktapur Durbar Square
Madhyapur thimi
Changu Narayan
Nyatapola
Nagarkot
-:- City of pageants and festivals.
- Some of the pics of pageants and festivals,
This is Kathmandu valley settled by mighty Manjushree still in touch with dieties. Ancient far beyond the imaginations, kingdom of a small landlocked country Nepal. Undeveloped but rich in it's exceptional culture furnished by historical monuments, festivals and pageants of Newars (Inhabitant of Kathmandu valley.).
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Name : Milan Maharjan
Travel & Tourism Kathmandu, Nepal.
Travel the valley comprised by three religiously enriched Cities Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur of Nepal. Adorned by it's seven world heritage sites and historical monuments from 5th to 17th century with it's highly cultured surrounding sister cities.
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