Temple Tour

HALF DAY GUIDED SIGHTSEEING TOUR IN KATHMANDU VALLEY

After your breakfast, you will proceed to Pashupatinath temple, where you will tour the holy temples & biggest stupa in Southeast Asia.

AM: VISIT PASHUPATINATH AND BOUDDHANATH

PASHUPATINATH TEMPLE - HOLY TEMPLE:

Not only is Pashupatinath the most important Hindu temple in Nepal, but it is also one of the most important Shiva temples on the subcontinent.

It draws numerous devotees from all over India each year. Pashupati is considered to have a special concern for the kingdom of Nepal. Pashupatinath is an ancient temple. By the banks of the holy Bagmati River, stands the 16th-century temple of Pashupatinath - Shiva, as Lord of all Creatures.

The old buildings on the site were destroyed by Muslim invaders in the 14th century, its stone linga smashed to dust, but it rose again behind their retreating backs. Succeeding monarchs reinstated the temple and the images. The flowing Bagmati is a holy river, and the ghats (crematorium) at its bank are the earnest Hindus’ truest cremation center.

BOUDDHANATH STUPA:

Bouddhanath is among the largest stupas in South Asia, and it has become the focal point of Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal. The white mound looms thirty-six meters overhead. The stupa is located on the ancient trade route to Tibet, and Tibetan merchants rested and offered prayers here for many centuries. When refugees entered Nepal from Tibet in the 1950s, many of them decided to live around Bouddhanath.

They established many gompas, and the "Little Tibet" of Nepal was born. This "Little Tibet" is still the best place in the Valley to observe the Tibetan lifestyle. Monks walk about in maroon robes. Tibetans walk with prayer wheels in their hands, and the rituals of prostration are presented to the Buddha as worshippers circumambulate the stupa on their hands and knees, bowing down to their lord.

TOUR COST INCLUSIONS:

Half-day guided sightseeing tour in Kathmandu city with a private car

One government-licensed English-speaking tour guide

TOUR COST EXCLUSIONS:

Entrance fees/monument fees while sightseeing in those places

Mis expenses

Mineral water or any kind of alcoholic drinks

Extra cost if you would like to do sightseeing at more than these two places

Tips for guide & driver

Note: The above tour cost is based on two people.