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About Kathmandu Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal. It is located in the Kathmandu valley in the Himalayan hill region. Besides the city of Kathmandu, the other towns in the valley are Bhaktapur, Thimi, Lalitpur, Madhyapur and Kirtipur. Bodhnath is the holiest Tibetan Buddhist temple and is the centre of Tibetan culture in Kathmandu. This is the largest Stupa in Nepal and one of the largest Stupas in the world. This centuries old stupa is located in Boudha town. The temple has become an important Tibetan Buddhist centre when thousands of Tibetans came to Nepal after the Chinese invasion. It is one of the main attractions of Kathmandu. It was a pleasant sunny day, so we walked around the large stupa. All around there are many traditional shops selling traditional Tibetan and Buddhist items like bells, thankas, prayer wheels etc. We have to walk in clockwise direction round the stupa i.e while walking stupa should be to our right. The way we do 'pradakshana' in Hindu temple...

After an enchanting road trip from Raxaul to Kathmandu we reached the hotel where we booked accommodation, in the evening. As it was an 8 hours road trip we had dinner and went to bed early. It was the month of October and the weather was cool. Our Day 1 itinerary included a visit to the famous Pashupatinath temple. About Nepal and Kathmandu Nepal is a landlocked country in the Southern Asia. It is mainly located in the Himalayas bordering North and North-East India. Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal and is at an altitude of 4,600 feet above sea level. The city lies in the Kathmandu Valley of central Nepal in the Himalayan hill region. The city experiences a subtropical climate with warm days and cool nights. A majority of the people in Kathmandu follow Hinduism. The local people speak Hindi fluently. Buddhism is also followed by the people of Nepal. About Pashupatinath Temple Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Nepal is one of the most sacred Hindu temples dedicated to Lord Shiva....

It was in October 2006 that we had been to Kathmandu on an excursion. Our trip was from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh to Kolkata by train. We halted for few hours in the morning in Kolkata and just visited Victoria Memorial. In the afternoon we took the train bound to Raxaul, Bihar. We reached the place in the morning and immediately took tongas from Raxaul station to Birganj, Nepal crossing the Ind-Nepal border. It's hardly 10 minutes ride from Raxaul to Birganj. On reaching Birganj in Nepal, we refreshed and started our onward journey to Kathmandu in luxury bus. The nearly 8 hours ride from Birganj to Kathmandu was a memorable one. A road trip to Kathmandu from Raxaul in Bihar is an enchanting one. Raxaul in Bihar and Birgunj in Nepal are the main Indo-Nepal border crossing points. Mainly the trucks moving between the two countries are thoroughly check at these crossing points. However border crossing for the tourists is made easy through inter-state relations between the SAA...

In October 2006 we went on an excursion to Kathmandu. It was a road trip from Raxaul to Kathamandu and we reached Kathmandu in the evening. In the morning on Day 1 we visited the famous Pashupatinath temple where we spent sometime in the divinely atmosphere and then proceeded to Budhanilakantha Temple which is yet another important Hindu temple in Kathmandu. About Kathmandu Kathmandu is the capital city of Nepal. It is at an altitude of 4,600 feet above sea level. The city lies in the Kathmandu Valley of central Nepal in the Himalayan hill region. The city experiences a subtropical climate with warm days and cool nights. A majority of the people in Kathmandu follow Hinduism. The local people speak Hindi fluently. Buddhism is also followed by the people of Nepal. About Budha Nilakantha temple The ancient Hindu temple of Budhanilakantha is located in Budhanilakantha which is a small municipality in the Kathmandu District. It's a unique Hindu temple. Unlike most of the Hindu temples, ...