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✔ Janakpur, the gateway to Mithila . named after the legendary King Janak is the birth place of Sita (Janaki) where the wedding ceremony of Sita and Ram was held Janaki mandir was built in 1898 AD by Queen Brisabhanu Kunwar of Tikamgargh. It reflects a fine blend of Indo-Islamic architecture. The dome of the temple is designed in the fashion of a palace in Rajasthan. The doors are ornately decorated with silver. And it is said that the statue of Sita was found in the Sarayu River near Ayodhya

✔ Ram Sita vivah Mandir is another important place of interest in Janakpur. Almost next door to the Janaki Mandir, this temple marks the spot where Rama and Sita were married.

✔ Check out & proceed to Kathmandu ( 260 kms – 7 hrs ) enroute Dhanushadham situated 18 km north-east of Janakpur, is believed to be the place where the broken remains of the divine Shiva bow ( dhanush ) fell after Ram broke it to obtain Sita’s hand in marriage. A fossilized fragment of the broken piece is believed to be present here

✔ Pashupatinath Temple / Boudha stupa / Guhyeshwari temple / Nilkanth sleeping Vishnu / Swayambhunath Pashupatinath temple

✔ Pashupatinath temple situated on the banks of the holy River Bagmati is the most revered Hindu temple in Nepal. The main temple complex is open only to the Hindus.As a mark of reverence and tradition, leather items that include shoes, belts and cameras are forbidden

✔ During Teej festival ( mid september ) , the whole temple complex turn into a sea of red as women draped in their bridal red sarees and wearing yellow or green bead necklaces offer prayers for the well-being, prosperity and longevity of their husbands

✔ Boudha Stupa is a world heritage UNESCO site and one of the most popular tourist sites in Kathmandu. The stupa dates from 600 AD and was built by a Tibetan king

✔ Guhyeshwari Temple lies about 1 km east of Pasupanath and is located near the banks of the Bagmati River in Kathmandu, Nepal. This temple is dedicated to Guhyeshwari or Guhyekali.

✔ Budhanilkantha Temple, is a Hindu open air temple dedicated to Lord Mahavishnu situated at the foot of the Shivpuri hills in the northern-most part of the Kathmandu Valley, has probably the largest stone statue of Lord Vishnu in Nepal reclining on a bed of snakes in the middle of a pond.

✔ The 5 meter-long granite image is carved out of a single rock Swayambhunath , located atop a hill west of Kathmandu city, is home to hundreds of monkeys considered holy to Tibetan Buddhists and Hindus.From the top of the hill, visitors can see a panorama of the Kathmandu valley, along with playful monkeys swinging from trees and prayer flags hanging around the colorful temple.Although the monkeys are somewhat active during the day, the stupa truly becomes a monkey temple at night when hundreds of monkeys frolic in the sacred area and even slide down the banister of the primary structure Later visit Thamel market for a unique shopping experience - Thangkas are a type of unique paintings ; Beads, precious and semi-precious Himalayan gemstones ; Nepali handicrafts; lso known as Lokta rice paper

✔ visit Nagarkot – Sunrise point – start @ 4 am Bhaktapur Durbar square

✔ Check out & proceed to Pokhara ( 210 kms – 9 hrs )

✔ Enroute – Manakamana temple ( by cable car )

✔ Nagarkot- located 32 km east of Kathmandu at an elevation of 2,195 meters is considered one of the most scenic spots for sunrise view including Mount Everest as well as other peaks of the Himalayan range . Nagarkot commands one of the broadest views of the Himalayas ( 8 Himalayan ranges out of 13 ) viz – Annapurna / Manalsu /Ganesh himal, Langtang , Jugal , Rolwaling , Mahalangur (Everest range) and Numbur with views of the Kathmandu valley and Shivapuri National Park

✔ Manakamana Devi temple , named after the incarnation of Bhagawati, who grants the wishes of pilgrims of deepest purest hearts according to Hindu tradition rests on a 1300-meter hill, overlooking the Marshyangdi and Trishuli rivers .The hilltop location offers breathtaking views of the Annapurna, Himalchuli and Manalsu peaks

✔ Visit - Phewa lake – boating / Mahendra cave / Davis falls / Barahi mata temple

✔ Phewa lake is both a man-made and natural freshwater lake and also the most visited spot in Pokhara.This lake is the second largest lake in Nepal and many water activities like canoeing, boating, swimming, sailing, fishing, kayaking and bird watching are done here. There is a Barahi Temple which stands on an island in this lake is dedicated to Lord Varaha

✔ Mahendra cave has a spiral staircase that leads you to the entrance this cave. The naturally formed structure which resembles the Shiva Lingam was discovered by the locals in the 16th century and has great religious and tourist importance

✔ Davis falls This stunning waterfalls name is derived from a very unfortunate incident where a woman drowned and was perished in the falls and her name was ‘Davi’. The mystery of this fall is what attracts the visitors the most as the water does not flow to a river or lagoon but into a pitch dark hole that disappears in the caves

✔ Check out & proceed to Jomsom ( 160 kms – 6 hrs )

✔ Jomsom Muktinath(25 kms – 1 ½ hrs) Muktinath Pokhara(185 kms – 8 hrs )

✔ Travel by jeep from Jomsom to village Rani Pauwa ( 1 ½ hrs ). From there, you have to walk for 10-15 minutes to reach Muktinath temple along the course of Kali Gandaki River which is the source of Shaligram Shila stones which are worshiped as a form of Lord Vishnu.The devotees collect the stones from the the river Gandaki. Muktinath is one of the world's highest temples (3,800 m). It is 106th of the 108 Divya Desams and the only Divya Desam located outside India. Its ancient name in Sri Vaishnava literature was Tiru Shaligramam.The outer prakaram has 108 bull faces through which water pours.The sacred water that flows in 108 pipes around the temple complex denotes the sacred Pushkarini waters from the 108 Sri Vaishnava Divya Desams , where devotees take sacred bath even in freezing temperatures

✔ City tour - covering Zaans Scahns & Marken cheese making After sacred bath and darshan return to Jomsom by jeep Travel further to Pokhara ( 185 kms – 8 hrs )

✔ Checkout & proceed to Lumbini ,Birthplace of Lord Buddha ( 200 kms – 7 hrs ) Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, was born in 623 B.C. in the famous gardens of Lumbini, which soon became a place of pilgrimage. Among the pilgrims was the great Indian emperor Ashoka, who erected one of his commemorative pillars there

✔ Check out & proceed to Ayodhya ( 200 kms – 5 hrs )

✔ Visit Ram Mandir & drop at airport

✔ Departure by indigo flt. @ 4.55 pm

✔ Arrival Coimbatore – 11.05 pm