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A Hindu temple (Sanskrit: mandira), is a house of worship for followers of Hinduism. They are usually specifically reserved for religious and spiritual activities.

A Hindu temple can be a separate structure or a part of a building. A feature of most temples is the presence of murtis of the Hindu deity to whom the temple is dedicated. They are usually dedicated to one primary deity, called the presiding deity, and other subordinate deities associated with the main deity. However, some temples are dedicated to several deities, and some have symbols instead of a murti.Image

Hindu temples are not just worshiping places. They are denoting the cultural, art (including music, dance drama), Martial art, depiction of history. It also for meditation, center for passing knowledge from generation to generation. Some places it is used as storage center of food grains (Bhandar) for the entire village or town. In some places it is used as a fort of the kingdom.

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Hindu temples are known by different names in different parts of the world, depending upon the language. The word mandir or mandira is used in many languages, including Hindi, and is derived from a Sanskrit word, mandira, for 'house' (of God by implication). Temples are known as kO-yil - கோயில் (and occasionally, especially in modern formal speech, aalayam - ஆலயம்) in Tamil. The etymology is from kO - கோ, or lord, and il - இல் - home (note that besides meaning God's home, this term could also mean a King's home, since the term kO - கோ is used interchangeably for royalty and divinity). Temples are known as Devasthana or Gudi in Kannada, as Gudi, Devalayam or Kovela in Telugu and Mondir in Bengali, as Kshetram or Ambalam in Malayalam.

 

Nepal has numerous temples on different districts. Kathmandu District itself is well known as the city of temples which has attracted not only for the Hindu people but also others who have interest on others’ religion. Pictures of Hindu Temples  Following is the lists of temples of Nepal district basis:

Kathmandu District

  • Pashupatinath temple ( the patron deity of Nepal)
  • Swayambhunath temple (worshipped by Buddhists and Hindus)
  • Kashthamandap (the temple after which Kathmandu was named)
  • Ashok Binayak
  • Mahadev Parwati Temple
  • Degutaleju
  • Kumari Chhen (the temple of living Goddess)
  • Majipa Lakhey Chhen (the residence of Shanta Bhairab Majipa Lakhey)
  • Jaishidewal
  • Naradevi Temple ( Swetakaali temple)
  • Raktakali Temple
  • Pachali Bhairabh
  • Taleju Bhawani Temple (Kathmandu)
  • Shobha Bhagwati Mandir
  • Bhadrakali Temple
  • Maitidevi Temple
  • Kal Bhairab
  • Batuk Bhairab Temple
  • Guheswori Temple
  • Bhagwatibahal Temple
  • Sankata
  • Mahankal (the deity is common in Hinduism and Buddhism)
  • Chabahil Ganesh Temple
  • Akash Bhairab Temple
  • Buddhanilkantha Temple
  • Sohrakhutte Ganesh
  • Sohrahate Ganesh (
  • Nil Barahi Temple
  • Bhimsensthan
  • Swet Bhairab Temple
  • Ganesh Temple (New Road)
  • Ranamukteshwar Temple
  • Ram Temple (Battisputali)
  • Pulukishi Chhen (the house of Airawat elephant, the Bahan of Indra]]
  • Palanchowk Bhagwati (Hyumat)
  • Bagbhairaw Temple
  • Asthanarayan Temple
  • Dakshinkali Temple

Lalitpur District

  • Krishna Mandir (Patan)
  • Bangalamukhee Mandir
  • Kumbeshwar Mandir
  • Taleju Mandir (Patan)
  • Jal Binayak

Bhaktapur District

  • Changunarayan Temple
  • Suryabinayak Temple
  • Karyabinayak Temple
  • Jalbinayak Temple
  • Thalbinayak Temple
  • Siddhibinayak Temple
  • Nyatapol Temple
  • Taleju Temple

Kabhrepalanchwok District

  • Chandeshwari Temple
  • Bhagwati Temple
  • Narayan Temple
  • Mahadev Mandir

Gorkha District

  • Manakamana

Gorkha Kalika (Gorkaha Bazar)

Makawanpur District

  • Bhutandevi Temple
  • Pashupatinath Temple (Hetaunda)

Kaski District

Bhimkali Mandir

Bindhabasini Mandir

Talbarahi Mandir

Dhodbarahi Mandir (Tanhu)

Chitwan District

Devghat Mandir

Bageshwari Mandir

Gansehthan Mandir

Zakhadi Mai Mandir

Kalika Mandir

Pasupatinath Mandir

Rameshor Mandir

Birendranagar

  • Deutibajy Mandir
  • Kakrebihar Mandir

Other Districts

  • Muktinath Temple
  • Narayanthan
  • Kirateshwor Mahadev Mandir
  • Taleju Temple
  • Janaki Mandir
  • Gadimai
  • Lalita Devi Mandir
  • Kalikasthan Temple
  • Jayabageshwori Temple
  • Chandannath Mandir (Jumla)

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... : Shaurav Raj Adhikari
I found this page really useful. Great work.
September 14, 2008
... : SIMANCHAL SAHOO
really. nepal is the only land in the world who has embraced hinduism in her heart.hinduism is the ancient religion of south asia.it is the proud of south asia.
November 02, 2011
... : Shankar Banjara : http://hikinginmountain.com/
perfect list of temple of Nepal thanks for sharing detail about temples of Nepal
November 17, 2011
This page, regarding the information about the temples that are found in district wise is very special and reliable.Similarly, I have made a simple trip which concludes Temple tour and Himalay walk around kathmandu Valley. In order to account for the interest of accumulating Tour and hiking around the Kathmandu Valley , this program may be very much authentic for those who have time limitation and still want to do both the trek and tour. In Tour and hiking around Kathmandu Valley package, you will be able to visit the most ancient monuments of Nepal and in the same time you will be hiking to reach the most touristy hill station to spend your amazingly wonderful night at Nagarkot followed by the next day sunrise View. While hiking, you will be walking through the ancient villages, thick jungles with ups and down with crystal clear mountain views of Anapurna, Langtang and Everest ranges. Day 01 - Arrive in Kathmandu and Transfer to the Hotel. Short briefing about your trip. Short briefing about your trip. Day 02 - Kathmandu Valley Sightseeing: After breakfast at your Hotel, in well-comfort private vehicle with professional government licensed tour guide , you will be taken to Kathmandu Durbar Square to visit the temple of living Goddess “KUMARI”, Ancient royal Palace, numbers of ancient temples and real Nepali styled city activities. Then you will drive to PASHUPATINATH TEMPLE the world’s famous Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord SHIVA who is known as the God of gods and goddess in Hindu Mythology. In and around in this temple, you will be able to see Hindu way of cremating and the procedure of cremation. Finally, we will visit BOUDHANATH STUPA one of the world’s biggest stupa – a Buddhist temple situated in the heart of Kathmandu city having the history of 14th century and listed under UNESCO in 1979. Back to the Hotel. Day 03 - Trekking/Hiking to Nagarkot 2100M. After breakfast at your Hotel, we will drive to Chagunarayan Temple – the most ancient temple dedicated to Lord BISHNU who is known as preserver in the Hindu Mythology one of the most powerful gods out of three according to Hinduism. It is 16 kilometers drive from Kathmandu; we will go to the same car. After the short brief and visiting to this temple, we will proceed for trekking to Nagarkot which will take you roughly 4-5 hours walking. While on Trekking to Nagarkot, we will walk through ancient villages where you will be greeted by the villagers, you will be walking through thick forest, and on the clear day you will be able to see crystal clear mountain views of Annapurna, Langtang and Everest ranges. We will reach Nagarkot before 5 o’ clock for sun set view. We can walk up little bit around the hill station with the pleasant views Sun set. Overnight at Hotel in Nagarkot. Day 04 - Nagarkot to Kathmandu with sightseeing around. Today, we will wake up early in the morning especially for sunrise view in Nagarkot. After this, we go for breakfast. After breakfast, we will drive down to Bhaktapur and we will visit Bhaktapur Durbar Square – the capital city of Malla dynasty. We can see world’s famous wooden craft, golden gate, 55 windows palace, big bell and the tallest Nyatapolo Temple here in Bhaktapur. After here, we will drive to Patan Durbar Square , Patan is the Buddhist City and you can see lots of metal work and statue carving –all hand made. In Patan Durbar Square as well, we will see Ancient Royal Palace, world’s famous Krishna temple and many other monuments. We will then drive to Syambhunath Temple – Locally known as Monkey temple because where you will see numbers of monkeys around. This Stupa is supposed to be created by its own and from here we can view Chrystal clear view of Kathmandu valley. Back to the Hotel
December 04, 2011
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