Gorakhnath and gorkhkali both are situated on the historical palace upper Gorkha Durbar. On the southwestern side of gorkha palace lies the temple of Goddess Gorakhkali and Gorakhnath Cave is little below in the east side.
Gorakhnath Baba's statue and cave is next historical palace of gorkha darbar. The name Gorakhnath derives from the medieval saint, Gorakshanath , a famous yogi who travelled widely across and it is believed that the name of Gorkha was derived from the name of Gorkhanath baba , whose blessings inspired King Prithvi Narayan Shah for the unification of Nepal. Sacred cave temple of Gorkhanath baba was carved out of solid rock and is one of the important religious sites for Nepalese. According to a religious institution there is only two Gorakhnath temples in the world. One is in gorkha darbar (Baba Gorakhnath), and the other just south of Gorakhpur india. Thousands of devotees crowd the temples on the many occasion . The King of Nepal also occasionally visits one of these temples in some occasion
Kalika Mandir was built by King Ram Shah which is full of psychedelic fantasy of carved peacocks, demons and serpents. The temple is dedicated to the goddess Kali, the destructive incarnation of Parvati. Many animal sacrifices and rituals take place in the courtyard in front of the temple. The October (in the time of bada dashain and mahaasthami) and late march (chaite dashain ) falls Hindu festivals and sacrifice many male goats in the temple by social association and publics for wishful fill. In the festivle Maha-Ashtami , (Dashain festival) on which people
sacrifice of 108 each of
buffalo, goat, cock, duck, and ram among others.
Gorkha Durbar (The old royal palace) is the historical palace and birth place of the great King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who unified many small kingdoms into a larger Nepal. Gorkha Durbar was the official residence of King Prithvi Narayan Shah. This historical palace is situated on the top of the fortified hill above the township.
Kalika Mandir was built by King Ram Shah which is full of psychedelic fantasy of carved peacocks, demons and serpents. The temple is dedicated to the goddess Kali, the destructive incarnation of Parvati. Many animal sacrifices and rituals take place in the courtyard in front of the temple. The October (in the time of bada dashain and mahaasthami) and late march (chaite dashain ) falls Hindu festivals and sacrifice many male goats in the temple by social association and publics for wishful fill. In the festivle Maha-Ashtami , (Dashain festival) on which people
sacrifice of 108 each of
buffalo, goat, cock, duck, and ram among others.
Gorkha Durbar (The old royal palace) is the historical palace and birth place of the great King Prithvi Narayan Shah, who unified many small kingdoms into a larger Nepal. Gorkha Durbar was the official residence of King Prithvi Narayan Shah. This historical palace is situated on the top of the fortified hill above the township.
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