The Jal Binayak Temple at Chobhar Gorge is a short walk form the mirror image of Adinath Lokeshwore. The Persons seeking strength go to worship Ganesh at Jal Binayak, Situated outside Chobhar Gorge. Whole Newar families, dressed in bright saris and smart suits, perfumed and wearing jewelleries, often make pilgrimages here. You may see them carrying small trays with offerings like flowers, eggs, vermilion powders or incense, A worn can still be seen on the square base platform of the Jal Binayak. The main Image of the shrine is massive rock. It extends outside the temple at the back, only a small part in front vaguely resembles an elephant tusk. Devotees apparently built the temple to shelter this object of devotion.
A steel suspension bridge imported from Scotland in early 1903 links two contour of the river near the Jala Binayak shrine from which people enjoy the sight of the Manjushri Gorge and the adventurous cave. The Cave and Gorge site is full of different species of plant and natural beauty and is located in Kirtipur Municipality ward no.14, Kathmandu only 3 km far from ring road, Balkhu.
A steel suspension bridge imported from Scotland in early 1903 links two contour of the river near the Jala Binayak shrine from which people enjoy the sight of the Manjushri Gorge and the adventurous cave. The Cave and Gorge site is full of different species of plant and natural beauty and is located in Kirtipur Municipality ward no.14, Kathmandu only 3 km far from ring road, Balkhu.
CHOBHAR HILL
The path to the top of this gentle hills starts near the back of the Bagamati at the hill’s base. An impressive example of natural engineering and skilful design, the wide stone-paved track adjusts beautifully to the contour of the slope. After series of steps and a pair of gates, it enters the courtyard of a Buddhist temple known as Adinath Lokeshwor. The most remarkable features of this triple-roofed structure-built in the 15th century, most probably in 1602 and reconstructed in 1640 has the numerous water vessels, pots and pans nailed to boards all over the building. Below the golden torana depicting six Buddhas, the masked face of the Red Machhendra stares out from the main that cuts through the hill, emerging at the Manjushri cave below.
HISTORICAL ASPECT
Far back in remotest antiquity, the ancient chronicles reveal, all the valley of Kathmandu was filled with water, a lake of idyllic beauty completely surrounded by hills covered with great forests, flowering plants and fragrant herbs. It was called Nagraj, abode of the snake Gods, inhabited by a python of serpent deities known as Nags. To this day Nepalese people worship the Nags and they were not at all surprised when geologists ascertained that water once stood in the valley.This thought was transplanted into the mind of Manjusri, a divine saint from China, who pilgrimaged to Nag-hrad to worship the Swayambhu Flame and the goddess Gujeswari. Manjusri walked the peaks around the lake three times and then, with one blow of his mighty scimitar, struck a deep cleft in the southern hills, allowing all the water to drain from the valley. This ravine is now called Chobar Gorge, the only water escape from the valley, through which the Bagmati River flows to the south.With the escaping waters, all the Nagas were driven from the valley except Karkot Raja, King of the Serpent Deities, who was induced to remain. Manjusri granted Karkot Nagas power over the wealth of the valley and a permanent home in Taudaha, where he dwells to this day, the people say, in a pond a short distance from Chobar Gorge. Today this lovely valley which lies in the central hills of Nepal is known as Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal, long known to Nepalese in outlying regions simply as ‘Nepal’.
As ages passed the lake of Nagraj became a place of great sanctity and pilgrimage for holy men and saints from far to the south and from beyond the northern snow peaks.One day a magnificent full-blown lotus blossom appeared upon the surface of the water at a point just above the sacred Swayambhunath hill. This miraculous lotus flower took root , it seemed, on a hillock at the bottom of the lake some two miles to the east. As epochs passed, Buddhas and aspiring Buddas came to the lake to meditate and pray. One day they saw emanating, from the lotus, a brilliant, radiant flame which was none other than Adi Buddha, the Self-Existent One called Swayambhu – the God Supreme. For long ages the Bhodisatvas and Buddhas worshipped the Eternal Flame, until one of them though of making the area into a valley habitable for mankind.
As ages passed the lake of Nagraj became a place of great sanctity and pilgrimage for holy men and saints from far to the south and from beyond the northern snow peaks.One day a magnificent full-blown lotus blossom appeared upon the surface of the water at a point just above the sacred Swayambhunath hill. This miraculous lotus flower took root , it seemed, on a hillock at the bottom of the lake some two miles to the east. As epochs passed, Buddhas and aspiring Buddas came to the lake to meditate and pray. One day they saw emanating, from the lotus, a brilliant, radiant flame which was none other than Adi Buddha, the Self-Existent One called Swayambhu – the God Supreme. For long ages the Bhodisatvas and Buddhas worshipped the Eternal Flame, until one of them though of making the area into a valley habitable for mankind.
sector and concerned organizations/experts decided on October 25, 2008 to launch a national tourism campaign "Nepal Tourism Year 2011". This announcement reflects the government’s anticipation to bring into Nepal at least one million international tourists by the year 2011 and tourism industry’s exigency to organize a tourism promotion campaign for wider impact.
