Balkumari forest

Places of Interest

Karya Binayak Temple

Hindu temple

Photo: Setoghoda, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Karya Binayak is a Hindu temple located in Bungamati, Lalitpur District. It is about ten kilometres south of Kathmandu.

Nagdaha

Photo: Prashant Shrestha, CC BY 2.0.

Nagdaha is a lake in the Dhapakhel Village Development Committee of Lalitpur District, in the Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Like many other water bodies and physical features of Kathmandu, the Nagdaha is also steeped in legends.

Places in the Area

Chobhar

Photo: Tsering Gyurmey Lama, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chobhar is an ancient hill village in Kathmandu Valley a few kilometres southwest of Kathmandu. It has its origins in the 12th century. It is noted for an extensive series of caves and a gorge on the Bagmati River found nearby.

Patan

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Patan, Lalitpur Metropolitan City, is one of the largest cities in Nepal and is located just across the Bagmati river from Kathmandu. Confusingly, it is also known as Lalitpur, both names deriving from the Sanskrit "Lalitapattan".

Pharping

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pharping is a small Newar town lying above the Bagmati river on the southern edge of the Kathmandu valley, about 23 km from the capital. It is now part of the Dakshinkali Municipality.

Balkumari forest

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