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10 world heritage site in Nepal

1. Kathmandu durbar square

Kathmandu durbar

Kathmandu durbar square also known as Hanuman Dhoka Durbar Square is located in Basantapur. 

It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal. it's about 12 kilometers from the Thamel area and a 10 to 15 minutes drive depending on the traffic.

The entire area is surrounding by a temple, palace, and a tower that are very beautiful.

If you love art in architecture then there is a lot to see here building lavishly decorated with fine wood carvings reflecting Newari art especially.

Hanuman Dhoka means a door or gate in the temple. it is the entire palace complex here is named after Lord Hanuman. 

Lord Hanuman here is regarded as a powerful protector of the entire durbar square it was built in 1680 thinking that lord hanuman would strengthen his army and protect his home. 

Basantapur towers was one of the tallest towers in Nepal before the April earthquake 

many people came here to visit and worship the temple like KAL BHAIRAV, MAHESHOWER TEMPLE, TALEJU TEMPLE, KMARI GHAR, DEKTALLE TEMPLE and many are in under construction.

Kathmandu

Visit to the durbar square takes us back a few hundred years with its rich mesmerizing world heritage site in Nepal buildings no matter how much time you spend here what you get in return is priceless. 

Kathmandu durbar square is a must-visit and you are sure to be amazed by how these people build these amazing buildings with the tools that they had they were super skilled in every aspect of life I believe.

2. Bhaktapur Durbar square

Bhaktapur the City of Deputies is one of the three major cities of Kathmandu Valley it lies about 16 kilometers east of Kathmandu. Another world heritage site in Nepal is Bhaktapur durbar square.

This city was established by king Anand Malla establish in the 12 century.

Bhaktapur durbar square

The indigenous Newari people, who have retained their original culture, are among the most interesting subject to be observed in Bhaktapur.

including their arts festivals, agriculture, and Newari food and drink juju-Dhao.

In Bhaktapur, you will see some of the finest medieval arts of Nepal.

Bhaktapur is a virtual museum of art and architecture each and every piece of art tells the history of the city the monuments and sculptures reflect the century-old 

technique of craftsmanship it is also considered to be the repository of masterpieces of medieval art and architecture of particular interests are the Golden gate.

Valley kingdoms and art and architecture began to flourish Geetha Mitra Malla Bhupendra Malla and his son Ranjit Malla for the three great rulers a Bhaktapur who contributed to making the city the cultural capital of Nepal.

Fifty-five window the beautiful king statue Bhupendra Malla a high stone pillar it attracts the Malla Dynasty. 

The main attraction of multiple durbar square is the famous 18th-century golden gate.

The national art gallery has an awesome collection of ancient manuscripts, centries of old stone sculpture, antique painting that belong to Buddhist and Hindu traditions.

3. Patan durbar square

UNESCO World Heritage Site in Nepal Patan is considered to be the very prosperous city of the ancient period over 400 years ago a king named Siddhi Narasimha Malla built this region.

Patan durbar square

It was an architectural marvel at that time and still today you feel mesmerized when you look at these works of art.

It was when Hinduism and Buddhism were decoupling and commingling. Patan was a hub for cultures to blend at its 636 courtyards

 that are locally and fifty-five major temples King Siddhi barasingha Malla 1620-1660 was a religious man and his famous creation was Krishna mandir.

It was a trading area with Lasa in China which is grown by multiply today he was a religious and a visionary leader Krishna mandir they stood tall even after the devastating 7.8 rector scale earthquake that hit Nepal in 2015.

Many other monuments were taken down by the force of nature but Patan does not complain it has built itself up like a champ slowly but surely and what they have recreated is as beautiful as its predecessor. 

Every corner of Patan has a story to tell some new some old and some really really ancient this story is from Satya Yuga 

4. Swayambhunath

Swayambhunath is a world heritage site in Nepal a world-famous religious place among Buddhists. It is a place of learning intelligence. It is a tourist destination tourist who travels to Kathmandu.

Swayambhunath

It is also known as the Monkey Temple because some parts of the temple in the North West have sacred monkeys. It is one of the holiest sites for Buddhist pilgrimage in Nepal.

These holy monkeys are said to have been adapted from the headlights of the Bodhisattva Manjushri, the Bodhisattva is a person on the Buddha's side.

The stupa is a dome, surrounded by a dome-like structure, which is seen in all four directions by the Buddha's eye.

Though the site is considered intelligent, the place is revered by both Buddhists and Hindus.

It is a religious place for Buddhists and Hindus who prays the truth of the believers.

Swayambhunath is an ancient religious architecture on a hilltop in the Nepal of West Kathmandu city. 

The entire valley was once filled with a huge lake from which a lotus rises. The valley came to be known as Swayambhu meaning "self-built".

One comes from the flame (Swayambhu) of eternal self-existence on which the stupa was later built.

5. Pashupatinath temple

Pashupatinath temple situated at the heart of Kathmandu and listed as the world heritage by the UNESCO. the Pashupatinath temple is one of the oldest religious and pilgrimage sites of the Hindus. 

Devotees all around the world that lie in the eastern parts of Kathmandu Valley on the bank of the holy Bagmati river the temple is soft as the sheet of the National art Pashupati.

Pashupatinath Temple

Cow used to make an offering of her milk the Guala dog the place and found the truth in Linga of Lord Siva.

Temple of Lord Pasupathi stand in the middle of an open courtyard it is the square-shaped pagoda temple built on a single platform measuring 23.6 meters 

the ground there is gold glitters on all the four sides of the temple inside the temple there is a narrow work in bluffing the sanctum from where one can have close of view of shiva linga.

Temple is of Nepali pagoda style of architecture all the features of pagoda style is founded here like cubic constructions beautifully cropped hood and rafter on with the rest Tunde 

the two-level groups are of copper with cold covering it has four main doors all covered with silver sheets.

 temple shrines statues and inscribe Lichhavi Linga from the 7th century the temple of Rama from the ninth century and the small pagoda temple and consider world heritage in Nepal.

6. Boudhanath

the Boudhanath stupa is a world heritage site in Nepal and it is widely popular as the largest stupa in the world. the largest Buddhist stupa in Nepal lies about 8 km to the east of downtown Kathmandu.

It's a view from the land through its narrow gate or its view from the sky is magnificent.

 

Boudhanath

It's so wide and so pure it feels as if someone's heart is cleansing of impurities right after beholding it in terms of grace and purity of line no others to buy in Nepal.

unfamiliar information about the formation of one of the most popular world heritage sites in Nepal Boudhanath stupa.

The myth behind the formation of this stupa is incredible it is said that the stupa was built by a mother Jadzima.

 when went to take permission king slip out of the King's mouth "jarung kashor Chorten" this means stupa built by the permission slipped out of the mouth.

After her death stupa was completed by the four sons after they finished it they all stood up in the front of the stupa and made prayers everyone made their wishes. 

whitewashed don't to its gilded tower painted with the all-seeing eyes of the Buddha the monument is perfectly proportioned it is absolutely amazing to join the Tibetan pilgrims on their morning and evening.

7. Changu Narayan Temple

The Changunarayan Temple, the oldest archeological site in the Kathmandu Valley, located at a distance of about 6 km from the Bhaktapur municipality. in 1979 it was listed in the world heritage site in Nepal.

The Changunarayan Temple is considered to be of great religious and tourist importance.

Changu Narayan Temple

The oldest temple in Nepal, this temple, built in the famous Pagoda style of Nepal, was rebuilt in 1772 because the earlier temple was completely burnt down in a fierce fire. 

Rudraksha trees are also included in the huge courtyard of Changu Narayan temple.

The construction of this temple among the local people A related story is very popular, according to this, in ancient times,

one villager brought cow that used to give milk in large quantities. like every day that man went to graze his cow into the shade of a tree grazing grass.

 at the evening that man took a cow and started extracting milk, milk was in low quantity like before the same cow used to give high quantity that man becomes upset.

 another day villagers went to the grazing cow this time that man took little distance to observe than what really happen he shock boy came near drank all his milk. He thought that he was a devil and he had a house tree. 

so he cut that tree and there was human bleeding and he started crying thinking that someone had been killed and then Lord Vishnu appears from that tree.

When he thought that he had killed someone by mistake when he came to know the story of Sudarshan and that village, 

he started worshiping that place as a holy place and then built a temple and that temple is Changu Narayan temple

8. Lumbini

In 1997 another world heritage site in Nepal Lumbini. almost 300km away from Kathmandu. 

Nepal enriched with cultural and natural heritage is an attractive country to the entire world. 

one of the prides of the rich Asian culture is Nepal's Buddhist culture and heritage.

Lumbini

one arrives at Lumbini to find the footprints of ancient human civilization dating back to more than 2500 years there are precious relics of architecture and physical infrastructures of the ancient society which gave birth to Lord Gautama Buddha the light of Asia.

famous Indian emperor of Maurya dynasty Ashoka visited this holy place during    his visit the emperor has started excavations of this place Ashok established the colossal stone pillar with a stone flake on it that states that Shakyamuni Buddha was born here

In Lumbini, there are many temples made by a different nation in the memory of Lord buddha.

9. Sagarmatha National park

Top of the world Sagarmatha national park is situated in northeastern Nepal on the border with China's Tibet. It is also a world heritage site in Nepal.

Sagarmatha national park was established on 15 June 1976. it is home to a series of high peaks ranging between 7 to 8 thousand meters high.

Sagarmatha national park

Sagarmatha national park permits are essential if you are planning a visit to Khumbu region to explore Mount Everest you can issue the national park permit either in Kathmandu or on the way to Everest base camp.

Nepali word for Mount Everest so "Cho maluma" means Mount Everest Sagarmatha means Mount Everest these are local names far before George Everest did the survey of Mount Everest of whom it was named after in the National Park 

There are six mountains that are over 8,000 meters tall so over 23,000 feet.

Highlands take us to the base of Mount Everest unlike a lot of places travel in national parks.

Namche a Bazaar is the largest village inside Sagarmatha National Park. Namche Bazaar is a trading center from Tibet China and from the Khumbu Valley.

Namche bazaar

Sagarmatha National Park that we spend most of our time trekking through Mount Everest base camp from the lower Khumbu Valley and Nepal up to the Kumbhu Valle, that's at the base camp area and across through a number of villages which make trekking enjoyful.

10. Chitwan national park 

Established in 1973 A.D  Chitwan national park is the first official national park of Nepal. 148km fro Kathmandu.

in 1984 it declare Chitwan national park is a world heritage site in Nepal. It gained its touristic importance after fetting into the list of world heritage site 

Various endangered species and the greenery of the plants and trees make it worthy to visit.

Chitwan national park

Nearby the biological diversity of the national park, there are some special communities that celebrate Tharu culture and traditions. 

 

People unique and special culture perform their traditional dance like lathi naach and Mayur naach.

Chitwan has is a diversity of nature, culture, traditions, flora, and fauna it also offers a difference in accommodation.

The joy of a delightful adventure adds a lot of happiness in our soul, that jeep ride an elephant ride inside the wilderness brought similar happiness in our life give a chance to explore, 

witnessing the animals like Rhino, tiger, elephant, deer the green trees, and the colorful birds helped us find peace of mind.

The major attraction of the national park are the six endangered animals. these are almost termed s "the big six" tiger, leopard, gaur, wooden bear, one-horned rhino, and wild elephants.

these mammals and reptiles, the national park has 584 different species of birds.

Chitwan national park

Right now 900 soldiers are looking after the national park this helped in protecting the national park from hunting and illicit smuggling.

This may the reason animal are increase in national parks.

conclusion

If you are planning to visit the world heritage site in Nepal you don't have to be worry there are many agencies waiting for. All the paperwork will be done by the agency. 

Have you ever been to the world heritage site in Nepal yes than comment no than please try to explore?