PASUPATHINATH

 A very happy event at the Temple as our  batch-mates from Nepal-Biswanath Upreti and Utthar BahadurShresta-met us.

Budhnilkantha[courtesy Wikipedia]
on 14th morning, we visited Budhneelkanta narayan[jalnarayan temple],Guheswari devi shakthipeet,and Pasdupathinath panchmukh sivaling.Rao met his nepal class-mates uprethi and shrestha at the temple.After lunch we left and reached Pokhara at 11.30PM

                                                                                               Pasupathinath temple view[courtesy wikimedia commons]

MUKTHINATH [elevation-3800M]

On 15th september early morning by 7AM we flew to Jamsom;it is 20 minutes flight by TARA airlines 15seater .We had a beautiful view of  the Himalayas in the Annapurna conservation area.Then we traveled by bus for two or three kilometers,then by zeep for 15km on a road along the Gandaki river;then we reached a village at around 10,000';we walked for a kilometer,then traveled by motorcycle,riding on the pillion,for one  kilometer to reach the temple gate;the journey by the Zeep and by the motorcycle was a very  very rough ride comparable to an Italian grandprix!we clasped motorcycle driver tightly to avoid falling off !!some of the yatris trekked the one kilometer;at this elevation of approx. 12000'some breathlessness is experienced by most visitors.
  WE took bath under the 108 springs;the water was ice-cold and our heads became numb !after the bath under the 108 springs,we took bath in the papakund and pynya kund.

Zeep travel

on way to motorcycle stand

Mukthinath Dwar

Yatris taking holy bath at the 108 gomukh springs

a view of the108 gomukh through which Gandaki flows

The mukthinath temple with punyakund in forground

the jamsom airport

A view of the snow-capped Himalyas from Jomsom airport with Siwaliks in foreground.

POKHARA TEMPLES

on the 17th morning we visited Vindhyavasini,Gupteswar mahadev cave,Varahi devi shakthipet and Devi waterfall.and left for chitwan national park

ANNAPURNA

Vindhyavasini temple

Devi falls

MANOKAMNA

On 17th after a visit to several sacred places in Pokhara,we left for janakpuri;on the way we visited Manokamna temple by cable car.

cable car

Manokamna temple

CHITWAN NATIONAL PARK

On the early morning of 18th we went on a brief safari on elephant back into the Chitwan national park for a couple of hours;since the habitat is a closed sal forest we could not sight any wildlife except a small herd of sambhar deer;the resort operator charged an exhorbitant entry fee of R.1600 per person; the habitat here is not suitable for sighting wildlife and it is a waste of money;i suggest that future visitors to this area should not opt for this safari.

some yatris on the safari

a herd of sambhar deer

DHANUSHDHAM

On our way from Chitwan National Park to Janakpuri,we visited Dhanusdham,here fell a piece of Siva Dhanush broken by Sri Rama;it is a sort of a fossil.

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JANAKPUR

We reached Janakpur from dhanusdham at 6Pm;as the temples close soon we made a hurried darshan of Sri RAM temple,Sri sita temple,vivah mandap and Raja janak's palace.

SRI RAMA TEMPLE

VIVAH MANDAP