Bhotechour- Jarshing Pauwa

This place look so beautiful, like heaven yes this place is from Sakhu- Bhotechaur-Jarsing Pauwa. 

Driving 21 km from Sakhu we reach Tea Garden which is also known as Sano Ilam. This place is famous for picnic as well as mountain and tea garden. At top there isn't many much houses and life's but cafe and shop are available in few number. 

We can see a natural beauty which gives a relaxation and remove the stress. Mostly fog and light rain which is one of the best part which won't let your eyes to go out. 

 

Well this place need some protection as people throw all the plastic, paper and bottle anywhere, which hamper the people who visit here and travel to gain or absorb the natural beauty. 

Sundarijal

Sundarijal is a village development committee in Kathmandu District which lies on Bagmati zone of central Nepal. It is located 15 km northeast of Nepal's capital- Kathmandu. It's VDC has touches Sindhupalchok and Nuwakot district. The Bagmati river of flows through the village and converges with Nagmati and Shyalmati river.

Most of the part of Sundarijal is hilly in terrain with flat lands and lots of the land are fall under Shivapuri National Park. This place is names after Hindu goddess ( Sundari Mai). The main cultural at Sundarijal are Sundarimai Mandir, Krishna Mandir, and Ganesh Mandir. The festival 'Dashahara is celebrated here in July by the water close to the temples 

The most tourist attraction place with large industry in Sundarijal. This place is very famous for Canyoning. Lots of the trekking route lies in Sundarijal and among them Sundarijal to Chesapani is mostly famous one that covers almost 22Km distance.

The another tourist attraction is Nepal Scout Teaining Center which is situated here at Sundarijal.

It is also best place for picnic. We can see lots of the family enjoying their picnic, not only family but from school too. With many waterfall people travel to see its beauty. 

Taruka-nuwakot,Nepal

Bull fighting  in Nepal. Bull fighting  in Nuwakot (Taruka) , Nepal every year at the day of Maghe Sankranti, the first day of Maghe Sankranti. The area for fighting observed for the past two centuries. It is believed that in Nepal bull fighting was introduced in Taruka by Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh who was a monarch of the ancient Bajang Kingdom. It was organised by Singh to entertain his niece when the festival was about to start. 

Many bulls of their home trained for this day. Each bulls are trained for fighting. With many song and dance the occasion is celebrated. 

Taruka is also known as second Spain. As famous as Spain's bull fight, Nepal Taruka is also one of it. 

This is the only place where bull fight held with many large number of bulls. With different race people live here whose tradition is different to other also happily celebrate and bring their bulls to fight. 

It is 76 km north from Kathmandu valley.

Mt Dhaulagiri I

Mt Dhaulagiri I has the peak elevation of  8,167 m making it 3rd tallest mountain in the world. Beautiful view and amazing scenario makes it life long adventure to remember. If you are among the thrill seekers and looking for something to do this vacation, pack your bag and head here. It is 286 feet taller than all average for all highest mountains in Asia. It was first ascended in 1960 and the expedition takes 40 days to complete. Among all only 18% climbers have died in the past which makes it world 4th most dangerous peak.

ButterFly

A butterfly

Many research and studies about the butterflies said that Nepal is tobe one of the best in the world for butterflies with over  600 species and 20 of which are on the endangered list. There are diffrent types of butterflies in different environment like hot and cold, dry and moist. Most butterfly species however are found in tropical ares, especially tropical rainforests, some found at sea level and high in the mountains too. Many of them, who visit to Nepal, many all of them don't know that Nepal is home to a massive variety of delicate and colorful butterfly species. 

Butterfly habitat shifts can also be early-warning signs of climate change. They lay eggs on the their food i.e. young leaves. 

Well the butterfly comes out of its cocoon and chrysalis when certain flowers are in bloom and upsetting this balance could not only affect the feeding of the caterpillars, but the pollination of the flowers. This beautiful colourful creature in Nepal has 651 species and which is 3.72% of the world’s butterflies. I love to take this beautiful pictures of butterfly on my camera which gives colour on my camera too

Pashupatinath temple. Nepal

  

                                                      Pashupatinath temple

The temple of Pashupatinath is one of the most sacred Hindu temples of Nepal and also considered the holiest place. It is located on the bank of the sacred Bagmati river which originates from Bagdwar in the Shivapuri National park (18 km north of Kathmandu valley). Pashupatinath is one among the eight world cultural heritage sites in Kathmandu valley as listed by the UNESCO. It is a temple dedicated to lord Shiva (the most powerful god among the trinity i.e. lord Brahma, Lord Bishnu and Lord Shiva) 

More then thousands of Hindu devotees from within and outside of the country come to pay homage at Pashupati yearly. Especially during Mondays  (which is the day dedicated in worship to lord shiva particularly) one can see a long queue of devotees in and around the premises of Pashupatinath.

The Bagmati river, which runs next to the Pashupatinath temple also has highly sacred properties. The water from the river is considered to be holy and thus the banks of Bagmati are lined with many Ghats where people bath and cremation of dead bodies are also performed by the Hindus here. 

                     Arya Ghat

Arya Ghat dating from the early 1900s, is of special importance because it is the only place where lustral water for Pashupatinath temple can be obtained and it is where members of the Royal family are cremated. The main cremation site is Bhasmeshar Ghat, which is the most used cremation site in the Kathmandu valley. The preferred bathing spot for women is the Gauri Ghats which lies in northern part.

      Monkey at Pashupatinath Temple

Since lord Shiva is considered the patron of animals and living organisms, monkeys wander all around the temple complex. There is a small forest named 'Mirgasthali' meaning place for deers, where many deers are also seen.

                         Sadhu 

It is also common to meet sadhus in Pashupatinath. Sadhus are wandering ascetic yogis, who are trying to acquire liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth by meditation. Sadhus are also worshipped and considered sacred people. They have very unique appearance with specific yellow painting on their bodies.

Poor kids playing..

 

A little girl on sack and a little boy pulling it.

There is indeed a great joyous feeling in being a child. Though we long to grow up as fast as possible to experience the adult life during childhood, once we become adults we start missing our childhood. We start missing the joys and pleasure of being a child, the carefree days, the plays and mischiefs, the love and the care from all, the innocence, all in all we start missing the child within us. 

However, every child's childhood is not fortunate or fulfilling. There is a wide gap between children made by the poverty and other social conditions . While the rich kids play with their extra ordinary mechanical toys there are also children whose parents cannot afford such luxuries for them. Some children have a hard time even to get educated properly due to family and financial problems. In an era of technological advancements where kids are becoming acquainted with latest modern ways of life, there are still a remarkable never of children in our country who are so very innocent and backward in every simple matters and advancements as Nepal is still one of the under developed nation among the South Asian countries.  According to statistics only 84% of Nepalese children attend schools and that too facing many hindrances. Many females are deprived of education because of the rural societies' concept that females are meant for household works only and also due to early marriage practice prevalent in many rural parts of Nepal. Poverty is another reason which deprives many children of their basic rights of education and health and many children are forced to drop out schools and engage in domestic works to support the family at an early age. They do not even have the facilities what should have been theirs by right. 

Nevertheless, in-spite  of the backwardness or even the incapability of affording those advancing pleasures, a child after all is a child- finding joys in small things in life, not wanting much from from life except happiness from whatever they do. And when I come across children enjoying their wonderful days, rejoicing in the small pleasures such as playing and quarrelling or going to schools with their lunch boxes  and living their their lives to the fullest, I miss my childhood days too. I miss the child within me and myself long to go back to those wonderful days. Then I realise  what lacks in the lives of an adult , I miss the joys of childhood.

This is the kids of poor family whose parents hardly can afford money for education. 

Bhai tika tihar celebration.

Tihar is a five days festival celebration on our life and also the bond between brothers and sisters. This is one of the great festival on which we can we everywhere light. It is also known as Dipawali or Laxmi puja or Bhai tika or as a festival of light. It's a five day festival which comes soon after Dashin. Tihar is all about worshiping of different animals such as cow,dog,crow and worshipping of Hindu goddess of fortune or wealth,goddess Laxmi.

Tihar start with crow puja the 1st day of tihar, early in the morning of this day family prepares a good meal and each member of the family takes the first portion of the meal outside on the platter. The large number of crow or few will come down and partake of the feast 

2nd day of tihar dog puja, this the the dogs are adorned with flower garland around their necks, red tika on their forehead, and are offered great meal and pray to protect or guard our home.

3rd day of tihar cow puja, this day we worship the mother of the universe (cow). According to Hinduism, the human infant is fed breast milk by its own human mother for under three years. As in Nepal we treat her like mother and we respect her as she give milk to us a child of her. Well the cow puja is performed by giving a tika to a cow on her forehead, and a flower garland on the neck and also put oil on her forehead, and offers good meals like roti,banana etc.

The same day we worship Laxmi at whole Nepal Kingdom we decorate our houses with different light and oil lamps. In this day the entire nation becomes an illumination of lights. Statue or pictures of Laxmi Devi are places and worshiped in a  puja room. Laxmi puja is done mostly by female in the family. She used red mud to make a symbolic foot-print on the floor entering the home and make a trail leading to puja room.

Laxmi also stand for property, business, money. So this day not only a house but they also do puja of their some amount of money. 

On the same day (bhailini) which is played by girls by a special song known as bhailo or bhailini that's played only on this day in the entire year. A group of girls get together and sing a song door to door and bless the house and family by collecting some home made dish and money.

4th day of tihar myself ( mahapuja) and also deusi song. This day male play and sing deusi or deusire and also different song and dance. The male group with different instrument play music door to door and bless the house by collection different homemade dish and money. It continues till late night visiting many houses. 

The 4th day is also about worshipping yourself. This puja or worshipping is known as Mahapuja. Well this is the first day of the special annual calendar of an ethnic group known as Newar residing in Nepal. It is also popular for Govardhan puja or Goru Tihar (oxen worshiping). Oxen are worshiped because we use them on field so for better crops to grow we worshiped oxen.

The 5th day of tihar bhai tika and final day. Sister put tika (7 coloured) on brothers forehead mala (a necklace of flowers) and bless him for long life. First doing puja of Kalas.

Puja involves following a traditional ritual in which sisters circle brothers three times dripping oil on the floor from a copper pitcher.

She put oil on each brothers and and give tika 

A man and Pani Gattha(water mills)

Water mill has been used in Nepal for centuries for food processing that grind cereal. 

Watermill is also known as pani ghatta has been used in Nepal for centuries for food processing that grind cereal, paddy and other many thing .These mills are run by the hydro power and can be used longer period in dry season and is of wooden blade. It is located at the bank of streams and river of the mid hills. It also created an opportunity to generate electricity for rural, however this depends upon the flow of water as Nepal is still developing so it is also one of the source to provide electricity. Water mills have been part of life in the centuries which is simple and easy and don't effect environment like engine machine which needs deseal. This is a use of nature in limit which wouldn't need any other things like deseal or other liquid. 

  The river flows and meet another... So slowly it reaches the place where water mills is... Then it start working 

A women smoking Hukka

An old woman with traditional Hukka is just as people smoke cigarette or bidi nowadays, people used to smoke using hukka in earlier days and now it's like one of the entertainment like alcohol,simply young people use it and there are many flavour available. It is still common in some villages especially among old people and they don't use modern hukka but traditional and old one and only one flavour i.e. Tobacco. Well I found her at village of Changu, smoking hukka.. 

Changu Narayan, Bhaktapur

 

Changu narayan temple itself is in the top of the valley Changu. This temple is one of the oldest and one of the world heritage site.

Mandev was a very powerful, good administrator and a brave man. He crushed his rebellous loords.

 From koshi in the east across the kaligandaki in the west and Himalayas in the north was extended by his territory

 Nepal developed in trade and industry. He was a devotee of Vishnu but he also respect Buddhism. He made severals temple, vihars and chaityas in his life. He built the temple of Changu Narayan in Bhaktapur. 

Lots of the temple and palaces used to built at the top of the hills which let them to see any of the troops going to attack and it is also safe and can plan till they reach top.

There is museum too to collect information and there are so many things to see. 

Kalinchowk, Dolakha

I took bus from buspark at 6 am then I went to dolakha charikot. It took like 6 hours on bus to reach there, then from charikot we walked to kuri it took 6 and half hour to reach there,,god I was never that cold ever.. That was best hike ever we stayed there at night then early morning we start our walk again. After 2 hours walking we reach Kalinchowk height.. Well if anyone thinking about hiking here this is one of the most beautiful place to hike. Food and hotel are easily available here.. People here are friendly.. But don't forget to bring warm cloth cause it's important thing to remember.. Don't worry about other things.. Enjoy and I too enjoyed 

Fisherman @ Janakpur

He is a poorman and he catch fish for his family and to sell and get some money to take care of family to send his children to school... It was clicked at janakpur. Janakpur is also one of the oldest temple in Nepal.. And also is one of the world heritage site. Beautiful with so many temples. 

This man is a hard working guy. He uses a tire of a bus to float and a hand made cloth to catch fish. His life is too hard ... His work won't make all happy but still in a hope he is working hard ... To fulfill all the small needs. 

Fewa lake , Pokhara

Phewa Lake, is a second largest lake in Gandaki zone followed by begnas lake which is situated at Pokhara.. In this lake you can boat and swim and middle of it there is a temple. The temple is also one of the major attraction name Tal Barahi. This was my first experience and I boat there and swim to... We can also see the reflection of mount Machhapuchhre and other mountain peaks of the Annapurna and Dhaulagiri ranges on its surface.. This is one of the part at Pokhara but there is lots of the things to do like paragliding... Hiking and cycling.. It's too clean and beautiful place in Nepal as comparison to Kathmandu. There is lots of cave and lots of lake and water fall it's so popular for lake and cave ... Pokhara is one of the beauty place which make people to travel again and again where phewa lake also one of the most attractive part which attract tourist and it's north part is commenly called lake side where resturent hotels bars catering for tourist. Phewa lake also used to generate electricity. The Phewa Power House is located about 1.5 km from the southern part of the Phewa lake. Phewa lake is also popular for fish. Mostly people near to Phewa lake catches fish for seeling of own use. 

Thakali dish @ Pokhara

Dal vhat is the most popular dish in Nepal. It is consumed by every family twice a day. One morning and one meal at night. But if we talk about Thakali it is mostly used on Himalayan region with many items like ghee,meat,dal,rice,and many different pickle. 

As we see our history the people of Thak-khola used to have that meal and known as Thakali people. Thakali is only one dish that comes with many items and people of inside Nepal from terai and hilly loves that dish while travelling and also loved by foreign people of different country. This attract people because of it's lovely service that come with many iteams. Dish are so attractive and comes with their iteams and also a old dish used by ancester.  

This was used only on Himalayan region but now a days it's an attraction of people and used anywhere. I had it on pokhara. This was so good dish that I ever had. I was at Pokhara for my trip and one of my friend told to have Thakali dish. Good service and tasty dish. Well this was one of the memory of my trip. The people use slightly different words that people of Kathmandu. When they serve me first I was like oh so big plate but then I saw there were lots of things in it. Well this makes me to travel again. Later I know this can serve with so many pickle and vegetables and meat and papadum..If one day you travel there have it believe me you'll love it..  Thakali is only one of the main dish that comes with meat (as preferred like goat chicken or beef) and pickle with many things like potato pickle, tomato pickle, or radish pickle. 

Sinduli, viman

Me while searching for fish... This was one of the memorial trip of mine that helps me to know so many people with so many traditional and occasion. Well this place was so hot. But I found so many things here that makes me to travel again. People mostly cook in hand made 'Chulo' -stove made from mud and was so tasty. I love to have the fish that I catch .. It was my 2 days trip where I had so many  fun

This was the first time that I catch fish in my life with the help of stone. This place is beautiful with different people and different culture. 

Chitwan national park

This is me and my friend at Chitwan National Park. The Chitwan National Park is a world heritage property where lots of the animals are kept and can seen by jeep safari or elephant safari.. Well I did elephant safari that was so great experience.. Deer, rhino, and different kinds of birds are easily seen.. And if there is luck then you might seen tigers too.. I didn't see tiger but I saw so many animals not like kept in zoo.. And there is museum too where we can see a baby rhino crocodile, Snakes, beetles, and eggs of different birds. Hotels are easily available and food transportion are also easily available here. Just go to new buspark and catch bus or small jeep it might took 5 hours to reach chitwan..

People in Mustang : Horse ride

Yes, Pottery Wow !!

Yes, He makes sculptures !

Wood carving at Bhaktapur

Wood carving is both an art and an age tradition in the nepali society. For ages, wood carving in Nepal has been associated with civilization. Sculptures known as 'sikarmi' are involved  in the profession of wood carving. So, wood carving is not just an expression of art but also a way of income of many people. People, mainly residents of bhaktapur and lalitpur are involved in the wood carving.The tradition of wood carving is also related to religious monuments in Nepal. Since, the Kathmandu valley is itself known as the city of temples, it boasts a number of greatly designed temples where wood is an important part. The temples have modern pillars and doors sculpted with fine art. 

A note worthy specimen of wood carving can be noted in the tudals ( the carving on wood of hindu gods and goddesses with erotic positions attached to the roofs in a slanted way) it is believed that placing of such tudals in the temples averts lightening and thus lightening cannot destroy the temple

Another fine example of wood carving is the 'Akhijhyal'. The 'Akhijhyal' is a wooden window with many square opening beautifully sculpted. There are also major attraction of many temples in the valley as well as some traditionally built residents also keep 'Ankhijhyal' for decorative purposes along with sculpted heavy wooden doors. Many temples also have huge wooden statues of gods, goddesses, animals etc all sculpted and carved by hands 

Hence, wood carving has an important place in the Nepali culture in many ways. Wood carving is an art which requires great deal of hard work, knowledge and patience. For a single carving to be completes it takes an important and notable time and dedication. For that very reason the tradition of wood carving has been confined to the very few sculptors in the valley who have taken up wood carving as their heredity profession and have been practicing it from the times of their great grand parents. Though, wood carving practice is limited but it does have a significant role in our civilization and tradition and for that reason it needs a good promotion more than ever.