Sankhu
Sankhu is a suburb in Shankharapur, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province and has about 3,500 residents. Sankhu is situated nearby to the locality Deuralibhanjyan, as well as near Karkigau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Changu Narayan Temple and Bajrayogini Temple.
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. Changu Narayan Temple is situated 3½ km southwest of Sankhu.
Bajrayogini Temple
Hindu temple
Photo: Meroraja, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bajrayogini Temple is a Tantric Buddhist temple located at Sakwa in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. It is also well known as Bodhisattva's Temple. The temple is actually a sort of temple complex, with the main temple having been built by King Pratap Malla in the sixteenth century.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lapsiphedi and Gagalphedi.
Lapsiphedi
Village
Lapsiphedi is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Shankharapur Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. Lapsiphedi is situated 2½ km northeast of Sankhu.
Gagalphedi
Village
Gapalphedi is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Kageshwari-Manohara Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. Gagalphedi is situated 3 km northwest of Sankhu.
Chhaling
Suburb
Chhaling is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Changunarayan Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 8,129 with 1,817 houses in it. Chhaling is situated 3½ km south of Sankhu.
Sankhu
- Type: Suburb with 3,500 residents
- Category: locality
- Location: Shankharapur, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
27.72902° or 27° 43′ 45″ northLongitude
85.46138° or 85° 27′ 41″ eastPopulation
3,500Open location code
7MV7PFH6+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 7511907972OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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