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Heritage in Far West & Karnali
Durbar squares, palaces and old towns. Walks through squares, courtyards and bahals with guides who grew up in them, timed for the hour the place comes alive.
HeritageCompleting the pilgrimage at Nateshwori
Walk from Badimalika to Nateshwori, the temple of the goddess's elder sister in Triveni municipality, which tradition says pilgrims must …
HeritageA night with a Tharu family near Thakurdwara
Walk or cycle through the Tharu villages around Thakurdwara, then spend a night in a community homestay, eating ghonghi and …
HeritageReading history on Prithvi Malla's pillar
Stand beside the stone pillar raised in 1357 by Prithvi Malla, emperor of the Khasa kingdom, whose inscription lists his …
HeritageDhuleshwar, a 13th-century hill temple
Visit Dhuleshwar in Badalamji, one of the five Panchakoshi sites, a 13th-century temple tied to the legend of the scattered …
HeritageCycling the Tharu villages around the lakes
Ride a bicycle along village lanes and field paths around Ghodaghodi, past Tharu homesteads, fish ponds and rice fields, with …
HeritageRana Tharu village walk near the park
Walk through a Rana Tharu village in the park's buffer zone with a local guide, visiting a home, seeing the …
HeritageA morning walk through Simikot
Spend a morning walking Simikot's lanes and the paths above town, past stone houses with flat roofs, prayer flags and …
HeritageKanakasundari temple on its promontory
Walk up to the Kanakasundari temple, the best known shrine of the Sinja valley, linked to the Khasa period and …
HeritageA day among the Khasa stone pillars
Walk the length of the Sinja valley with a guide, visiting carved stone memorial pillars, shikhara temples at Tarpibada and …
HeritageCaves and cliff inscriptions across the Hima
Cross the Hima river with a local guide to caves holding votive Buddhist chaityas and cliffs bearing old inscriptions, some …
HeritageA night in a Sinja village house
Spend a night with a farming family in the Sinja valley, eat millet and marshi rice by the fire, and …