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Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu – Dawa Choling Gompa – ट्याङबोछे गुम्बा

Tengboche Monastery, also known as Dawa Choling Gompa, is a major Sherpa Buddhist monastery in the Khumbu region, known for Mani Rimdu, mountain blessings, and the Everest route.

Khumbu / Tengboche / Tengboche Monastery

Tal Barahi Temple, Pokhara – ताल बाराही मन्दिर

Tal Barahi Temple is a Devi shrine on an island in Phewa Lake, where pilgrims reach Goddess Barahi / Varahi by boat in the heart of Pokhara.

Pokhara / Tal Barahi Temple / Barahi

Swayambhunath Mahachaitya Stupa, Kathmandu – स्वयम्भू महाचैत्य – World Heritage Site

Swayambhunath Stupa is one of Nepal's most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites, standing on a hilltop west of Kathmandu with prayer, heritage, and valley-wide devotion.

Kathmandu / Swayambhunath Stupa / Buddha

Swargadwari Temple, Pyuthan – श्री स्वर्गद्वारी मन्दिर

Swargadwari Temple is a revered hilltop pilgrimage site in Pyuthan, known for Mahaprabhu Narayan Gautam, akhanda yagya, Vedic ashram life, gurukul, gaushala, and western Nepal's Hindu pilgrimage tradition.

Pyuthan / Swargadwari Temple / Guru Maharaj

Suryabinayak Temple, Bhaktapur – सूर्यविनायक गणेश मन्दिर

Suryabinayak Temple is a Ganesh shrine on a hill near Bhaktapur, known as the eastern Binayak of Kathmandu Valley's Ganesh map.

Bhaktapur / Suryabinayak / Suryabinayak Temple

Siddha Baba Temple, Butwal – श्री सिद्धबाबा मन्दिर

Siddha Baba Temple is a Shiva and tapasya shrine near Butwal on the Siddhartha Highway toward Palpa, known for Bhartrihari tradition, upper and lower Siddha Baba temples, Monday and Saturday worship, and the Tinau-Chidiya Khola hill corridor.

Butwal / Dobhan / Palpa route

Shobha Bhagwati Temple, Kathmandu – शोभा भगवती मन्दिर

Shobha Bhagwati, also remembered as Swaha Bhagwati, is a Kathmandu Shakti shrine by the Bishnumati and Bhadramati area, known for Bhagwati worship, Navadurga presence, the Luti Ajima story, and Dashain devotion.

Chamati / Kathmandu / Shobha Bhagwati Temple

Sanga Mahadev – Kailashnath Mahadev Statue – कैलाशनाथ महादेव मूर्ति

Kailashnath Mahadev at Sanga is a 143-foot Shiva statue on the Bhaktapur-Kavre border, visited for Mahadev darshan, family pilgrimage, and its hilltop view near Kathmandu.

Bhaktapur-Kavre border / Sanga / Kailashnath Mahadev Statue

Salinadi Madhavnarayan Temple, Sakhu -सालीनदी माधवनारायण मन्दिर – Shree Swasthani Dham

Salinadi in Sankhu is the living dham of Swasthani Brata Katha, Madhavnarayan worship, Shree Swasthani Mata Temple, and 108 Shivalinga darshan.

Sankhu / Shankharapur / Salinadi Madhavnarayan Temple

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Bajrayogini Temple, Sankhu – बज्रयोगिनी मन्दिर – Newari Shakti Peeth

Bajrayogini Temple is a sacred hill shrine above Sankhu, worshipped by both Hindus and Buddhists and known for the eight-day Bajrayogini Jatra.

Sankhu / Shankharapur / Bajrayogini Temple

Baglung Kalika Bhagwati Temple – बागलुङ कालिका भगवती मन्दिर – Shakti Peeth

Baglung Kalika Temple is a forested Kalika Bhagwati shrine southeast of Baglung Bazaar, near the Kali Gandaki, known for Chaite Dashain and western Nepal Shakti devotion.

Baglung / Baglung Kalika Bhagwati Temple / Durga

Bagh Bhairab Temple, Kirtipur – बाघ भैरव मन्दिर

Bagh Bhairab Temple is Kirtipur's revered tiger-form Bhairab shrine, known for its clay tiger image, old Newar town setting, Bagh Bhairab Jatra, and Kirtipur battle memory.

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Tengboche Monastery, Khumbu – Dawa Choling Gompa – ट्याङबोछे गुम्बा

Tal Barahi Temple, Pokhara – ताल बाराही मन्दिर

Swayambhunath Mahachaitya Stupa, Kathmandu – स्वयम्भू महाचैत्य – World Heritage Site

Swargadwari Temple, Pyuthan – श्री स्वर्गद्वारी मन्दिर

Suryabinayak Temple, Bhaktapur – सूर्यविनायक गणेश मन्दिर

Siddha Baba Temple, Butwal – श्री सिद्धबाबा मन्दिर

Shobha Bhagwati Temple, Kathmandu – शोभा भगवती मन्दिर

Sanga Mahadev – Kailashnath Mahadev Statue – कैलाशनाथ महादेव मूर्ति

Salinadi Madhavnarayan Temple, Sakhu -सालीनदी माधवनारायण मन्दिर – Shree Swasthani Dham

Featured Nepal Dhams

Bajrayogini Temple, Sankhu – बज्रयोगिनी मन्दिर – Newari Shakti Peeth

Baglung Kalika Bhagwati Temple – बागलुङ कालिका भगवती मन्दिर – Shakti Peeth

Bagh Bhairab Temple, Kirtipur – बाघ भैरव मन्दिर

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