Badridanda

Badridanda is a locality in Nagarjun, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province and has an elevation of 1,613 metres. Badridanda is situated nearby to the locality Tusal, as well as near Narayanthan.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swayambhunath and Natural History Museum.

Swayambhunath

Buddhist temple

Photo: Argenberg, CC BY 4.0.

Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. The Tibetan and Sanskrit name for the site means 'self-arising' or 'self-sprung'. Swayambhunath is situated 3½ km southeast of Badridanda.

Natural History Museum

Museum

Photo: Ganesh Paudel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Natural History Museum of Nepal is located near the World Heritage Site of Swayambhunath. The museum was established in 1975. Since then the museum has collected 50,000 specimens of Nepal’s flora, fauna, and funga. Natural History Museum is situated 3½ km southeast of Badridanda.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ramkot and Sitapaila.

Ramkot

Neighborhood

Ramkot is a village of the Nagarjun Municipality, Bagmati Province, Nepal. The 2011 Nepal census recorded that Ramkot had a population of 6,303 people in 1,427 independent households.

Sitapaila

Suburb

Sitapaila is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Nagarjun Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. The name of the community comes from "Sita" who was the wife of Lord Ram and daughter of Nepalese King Janak and "paila" meaning footsteps in Nepali. Sitapaila is situated 3 km southeast of Badridanda.

Tarakeshwar

Town

Photo: Saurab Mani Rimal, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Tarakeshwar is a municipality in Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Dharmasthali, Futung, Goldhunga, Jitpurphedi, Kavresthali, Manmaiju and Sangla. Tarakeshwar is situated 5 km northeast of Badridanda.

Badridanda

Type: Locality
Location: Nagarjun, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

27.73436° or 27° 44′ 4″ north

Longitude

85.26252° or 85° 15′ 45″ east

Elevation

1,613 metres (5,292 feet)

Open location code

7MV7P7M7+P2

GeoNames ID

7962064

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