Changunarayan
Changunarayan is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal and is part of the urban agglomeration of the Kathmandu Valley. The municipality was created through the merger of the former Village development committees: Old-Changunarayan, Chhaling, Duwakot, and Jhaukhel in 2014.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Changu Narayan Temple and Kathmandu Medical College.
Changu Narayan Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Greg Willis, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Changu Narayan is an ancient Hindu and Buddhist temple, located on a hilltop of Changu in Changunarayan Municipality of Bhaktapur District, Nepal. The temple is considered to be built in the 4th century AD and is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Nepal.
Kathmandu Medical College
College
Kathmandu Medical College And Teaching Hospital is a medical college located in Kathmandu the capital city of Nepal. Established in 1997, KMC is a private medical college in Nepal. Kathmandu Medical College is situated 4 km southwest of Changunarayan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kageshwori Manohara and Jhaukhel.
Kageshwori Manohara
Town
Photo: Satyamfxr, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kageshwori-Manohara is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees of Aalapot, Bhadrabas, Danchhi, Gagalphedi, Gothatar and Mulpani.
Jhaukhel
Suburb
Jhaukhel is a town and former village development committee that is now part of Changunarayan Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. This is one of the oldest places in Bhaktapur. Jhaukhel is situated 2½ km south of Changunarayan.
Duwakot
Suburb
Duwakot is a settlement and former Village Development Committee—now part of Changunarayan municipality, located in Bhaktapur district of Bagmati Province in central Nepal. Duwakot is situated 3 km southwest of Changunarayan.
Changunarayan
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: municipality in Province No. 3, Nepal
- Categories: village development committee of Nepal and tourism
- Location: Changunarayan, Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.71623° or 27° 42′ 58″ northLongitude
85.42836° or 85° 25′ 42″ eastElevation
1,395 metres (4,577 feet)Open location code
7MV7PC8H+F8OpenStreetMap ID
node 8009598335OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Bhojpuri to Tatar—“Changunarayan” goes by many names.
- Bhojpuri: “चाँगुनारायण गाविस”
- Cebuano: “Changunarayan”
- German: “Changu Narayan”
- German: “Changunarayan”
- Kurdish: “Changunarayan”
- Maithili: “चाँगुनारायण मन्दिर”
- Nepali: “चाँगुनारायण गाविस”
- Nepali: “चाँगुनारायण, भक्तपुर”
- Nepali: “चांगुनारायण”
- Nepali: “चांगुनारायन”
- Polish: “Changunarayan”
- Russian: “Чангу Нараян”
- Tatar: “Чангу Нараян”
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