One foggy morning in Lumbini

Lumbini is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi district of Nepal. It is the place where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama, who as the Buddha Gautama founded the Buddhist tradition. The Buddha lived between roughly 563 and 483 BCE. Lumbini is one of four magnets for pilgrimage that sprang up in places pivotal to the life of the Buddha, the others being at Kushinagar, Bodh Gaya and Sarnath.


Lumbini was where the Buddha lived until the age of 29. Lumbini has a number of temples, including the Mayadevi temple, and others under construction. Also located here is the Puskarini or Holy Pond where the Buddha's mother took the ritual dip prior to his birth and where he, too, had his first bath, as well as the remains of Kapilvastu palace. At other sites near Lumbini, earlier Buddhas were, according to tradition, born, achieved ultimate awakening and finally relinquished earthly form.

'The Eternal Peace Lamp' of Lumbini. It was set aflame on November 1, 1986 by then His Royal Highness Prince Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev to commemorate the International Year of Peace. The flame was brought from United Nations (New York, USA) to integrate peace and harmony among the globe community.

Eye catching center of Nepal

Ghale Gau is the picturesque hill town of western Nepal. It is a world famous Gurung village of Lamjung district. It is 2016 meters from the sea level. From Ghage gau we can see a superb breathtaking view of majestic western Himalayas including Machhapuchhare (6693m), Annapurna (8091m), Annapurna II (7939m), Annapurna IV (7525m), Lamjung Himal, Boudhha Himal (6974m) and many more smaller peaks. Ghale Gau promoting unique village tourism and practicing community based hospitality.

Ghale Gau of Lamjung

Taj Mahal of Nepal

Rani Mahal (Palace), symbol of love, built by then governor of Palpa, Khadga Shamsher Rana during B.S. 1949. Located in Palpa District, Rani Mahal is also called the Tajmahal of Nepal. Its foundation starts from the bank of Barandi and Kaligandaki River. Its architectural design is unique and reminds us the British style of architect that time. Khadga Shamsher built Rani Mahal for the memory of his wife Tejkumari. According to the legend, the Queen had a premonition of her death and asked Rana to build a memorial so that her memory would stay alive in people's mind. When she died, he is said to have built the two-storeyed (64 room) memorial mansion exactly where she expressed the wish, surrounded by shrines and a layered garden.

Rani Mahal, a Nepali Taj Mahal, of Palpa which is built by Khadga Shamsher Rana during B.S. 1949.

Lap of Kanchenjunga

Nagi is a village development committee in Panchthar District in the Mechi Zone of eastern Nepal. It is a boarder village of Panchthar and Tehrathum district. All photos are capturing from Nagi Village. 

Kanchenjunga Himal. It is the third highest mountain in the world, with an elevation of 8,586 m (28,169 ft) and located along the India-Nepal border in the Himalayas.

Kanyam : lush-green tea garden

Kanyam is a town and Village Development Committee in Ilam District in the Mechi Zone of eastern Nepal.Kanyam is popular for its lush-green tea gardens.It is also a popular picnic destination.

Tea garden of Kanyam from Lover Point

Natural scenery of Ilam

Ilam is a municipality and tea-producing town in Nepal. It is in Ilam District which is in hilly Eastern Region of Nepal. It is famous for natural scenery and landscapes, tea production, and diverse agricultural economy.Tea production in Ilam (as Nepal tea) started as early as 1863, when the Chinese government offered then Prime Minister Jung Bahadur Rana tea saplings that were then planted in Ilam. In 1868, the Ilam tea factory was established, and tea plantations covered over 135 acres of land. In 2010, the tea factory was privatized, and is currently not under operation. However, tea production continues in Ilam in other forms. In 2010, the total tea production of Nepal is 16.23 million kilograms per annum; a majority of this amount is produced in Ilam itself.

Tea garden of Ilam

Blaze of Dhulikhel

Dhulikhel is the administrative centre of Kavrepalanchok District, Nepal. It has for many centuries been an important trading centre on the ancient commercial route linking Nepal toTibet. Since time immemorial, people of Nepal travel to Tibet to bring home salt and gold. Likewise, the Tibetans every year with their flocks of sheep enter into Nepal during Dashain, the greatest Hindu festival. They purchased chilies and other daily necessities in Nepal and return to their homeland. In those days, a whole day walk fromKathmandu to Dhulikhel was comfortable for Tibet trippers with easily available of food and water at Dhulikhel at the evening for overnight stay. Even now, a bird's eye view from the resorts at Dhulikhel to the landscapes; highway toTibet and horizons far to the Tibetan borders, clearly exhibits Dhulikhel as the gateway of Tibet. After adjoining withTibet by motorable road in 1965, Dhulikhel got a face lift and developed as a tourist destination both for Tibettrippers and tourists. Dhulikhel is an ideal station to stop for overnight stay while going to Tibet and coming back toKathmandu.

At the time of sunrise

Sunset from Chitwan

Sunset is the daily disappearance of the Sun below the horizon in the west as a result of Earth's rotation. The time of sunset is defined in astronomy as the moment when the trailing edge of the Sun's disk disappears below the horizon in the west. The ray path of light from the setting Sun is highly distorted near the horizon because of atmospheric refraction, making the sunset appear to occur when the Sun’s disk is already about one diameter below the horizon. Sunset is distinct from dusk, which is the moment at which darkness falls, which occurs when the Sun is approximately eighteen degrees below the horizon. The period between sunset and dusk is called twilight.

Sunset view captured from Madavpur, Chitwan

Beautiful view from Chisapani

Chisapani is a popular mountain view spot offering excellent close view of Everest and Langtang ranges. We first drive from Kathmandu to Sundarijal (1 hr) and walk for 4 hours to reach Chisapani ridge. The uphill walk is through the Shivapurai national park. On the way we pass through some ethnic settlements, otherwise the walk is mostly through forests .Once we reach Chisapani at the end of the hike, cool and beautiful hill with close view of eastern Himalayas will greet us. Some snaps from Chisapani :

Himalayan range seen from Chisapani

Tistung and Chitlang

Chitlang VDC is located in ancient Newar settlement. Inscriptions dating back to Lichchavi era have been found in this place. An inscription was found in Toukhel, Ward 6 of Chitlang VDC, established by king Amshubarma (in sambat 37). According to the inscription, Amshubarma had given the land to shepherds and established a settlement for shepherds in Toukhel, Nhulgaun, Kunchhal etc. of Chitlang. Some historians believe that these people called Gopalis are the descendants of rulers of Gopal era. It is 2030 m far from sea level . Here are some pic of Chitlang.

Tistung Village of Makwanpur . Tistung is only 13 km far from Thankot.

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Nuwakot Darbar (Palace) is one of the oldest palace of Nepal which is built by the King Prithivi Narayan Shah . The Palace is built around 1819 BS. Now the government of Nepal changes it's name from 'Nuwakot Darbar' to 'Nuwakot Darbar Museum'. It is also knows as 'Sattale Darbar' of Nuwakot. The Palace is open for everyone . The entry fee is Rs. 20 for Nepalese. 

A view from 'Sattale Darbar' of Nuwakot which is built by King Prithevi Narayan Shah.