Tour of Pokhra
Ready for Tour
After lunch we undertook
the tour of Pokhra. Pokhra is the second largest city after Kathmandu and has
many attractions for tourists like lake, temples, meuseums , river and
waterfalls and one can buy souvenieirs in the numerous shops found in all these places.
Steps leading to Bindyavasini temple
Ganesh shrine
( Our Ace photographer Sundar)
( Our Ace photographer Sundar)
Mouse the mount of Ganesha
. Especially a visit to Pewa lake is must for
all the tourists to Pokhra. One can also see the Annapurna peaks in all their
glory once they are in Pokhra. Firsat we
visited the Bindyavasini temple. The temple complex is situated on the top of a
hillock and there are steps for climbing upto the temple. As the king of Pokhra
made the statue of the Mother Goddess from the stone brought from Vindya the
Goddess is named so.
Vindyavasini shrine
The plaque of the Goddess shrine
She is considered the
guardian deity of this city. She is worshiped in the forms of eight armed
Durga. One go inside the sanctum and touch statue and worship the Goddess.The
complex also consists of shrines for Ganesha, Shiva and another shrine
consisting three forms of Vishnu along with His consorts namely, Lakshmi
Narayana, Seetha Rama and Radha Krishana. The stone sculptures and the
intricate wood work on the doors and
archways and the bronze sculptures of the temple are a treat to the eyes of the
connoisseur.
Nandi the mount of Lord Shiva
Few stone sculptures in the Shiva shrine
There is Rudraksha tree also in the temple
complex. One can see the panoramic view of the Pokhra city from the temple
complex. We prayed in the temple and left for the next tourist attraction after
some shopping.
Radha- Krishna Lakshmi- Narayan Seetha Rama Shrine
Lakshmi Narayan
(Enjoy the beauty of the fine wooden carving on the door )
கருட பலகை
A exquisite Brass lamp
King and queen of Nepal
Our next visit was to the hydro electric station
built across the Cheti Gandaki river. What we saw on our way to Muktinath was
Kali Gandaki ( Black Gandaki) River, what fkows here in Pokhra is Cheti Gandaki
(White Ganaki) River. The main difference is the color of the water because of
the abundance of calcium carbonate the water is whitish. The other difference
is Kali Gandaki flows on the surface and Cheti Gandaki floes aun surface (
nether ). K.I Singh an Indian designed the hydro electric station using the
rivers of Cheti Gandaki river so a
bridge across the river is named after him and there is also a park
nearby. The Gorkha museum is also in the same locality.
Seti Gandaki
Gorkha Museum
Our next visit was to the Patale –Chhango - Nether Fall which is called Devi’s falls
nowadays. Like Cheti Gandaki this river which originates from the Phewa lake
also flows sub surface for some
distance and then she surfaces and this beautiful waterfall is named Devis fall in memory of European tourist who fell into the river and was not found out
later. The sight of the sub
surface falls is really mesmerizing.
There is a cave shrine called Gupteshwar Mahadev which is located in a
cave. We visited that temple also and tehn proceeded to the main attraction of
this city namely Pewa lake.
Davis fall
Buddha satue
Gupteshwar Mahadev temple
1 comment:
Good place, Nice pictures and narration. Enjoyed. Still East is pending in my list
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