Sacred Places
10 places found
HinduismBudhanilkantha Temple
Budhanilkantha · Nepal · temple
Beneath Shivapuri Hill at the northern edge of the Kathmandu Valley, Budhanilkantha Temple shelters an open-air image of Lord Vishnu reclining in a stone water tank, the largest stone carving in Nepal. Hindu and Buddhist pilgrims alike gather at its edge, the Buddhist community venerating the same face as a form of Avalokiteshvara.
HinduismChangu Narayan Temple
Changunarayan · Nepal · temple
A Licchavi-era hilltop sanctuary in Bhaktapur District dedicated to Lord Vishnu, home to the oldest dated inscription found in Nepal (464 CE) and a UNESCO World Heritage courtyard of medieval stone and wood carving.
HinduismGokarneshwor Mahadev Temple
Gokarna · Nepal · temple
A three-tiered Newari pagoda Temple on the banks of the Bagmati in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley, Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple honours Lord Shiva as the Lord of Gokarna and is the focus of Nepal's Kuse Aunsi, the Hindu Father's Day.
HinduismJanaki Mandir, Janakpurdham
Janakpur · Nepal · temple
The white marble palace-temple of Maa Sita in Janakpurdham, ancient Mithila's capital and Her traditional birthplace, completed in 1910 and honoured as the largest Temple in Nepal.
HinduismMaa Guhyeshwari Temple
· Nepal · temple
Guhyeshwari Temple, also spelled Guheswari or Gujeshwari, stands on the southern bank of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal, about one kilometre east of the Pashupati Kshetra. A revered Shakta pitha, it is a cherished pilgrimage destination, above all for those who walk the Tantric path.
HinduismMaa Taleju Bhavani Temple, Bhaktapur
Bhaktapur · Nepal · temple
The royal Goddess Of the Malla kings keeps Her oldest seat behind Bhaktapur's Golden Gate; the sanctum opens to the public one day a year, on Maha Navami of Dashain.
HinduismManakamana Temple
Manakamana · Nepal · temple
A two-tiered pagoda shrine to Maa Manakamana crowning Kafakdada Hill in Nepal's Gorkha District, founded in 1678 and reached today by a cable car that carries pilgrims 2.8 kilometres above the Trishuli and Marsyangdi valleys in about ten minutes.
HinduismMuktinath
· Nepal · temple
An ancient Vishnu Temple set in the Muktinath valley of Mustang, Nepal, revered by both Hindus and Buddhists as one of the world's highest shrines, standing at roughly 3,800 meters near the Thorong La pass.
HinduismNyatapola Temple
Bhaktapur · Nepal · temple
The tallest Temple in Nepal, a five-tiered Newar pagoda raised in six months in 1701 to 1702 by King Bhupatindra Malla and consecrated to the tantric Divine Mother Maa Siddhi Lakshmi.
HinduismShri Pashupatinath Temple
Kathmandu · Nepal · temple
Nepal's holiest Shiva Temple, where Lord Shiva as Pashupatinath, Lord of All Beings, is worshipped in a four-faced mukhalinga beside the sacred Bagmati, within a UNESCO World Heritage precinct of golden pagoda roofs, riverside ghats and forest shrines.