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बडीमालिका मन्दिर, बाजुरा

Bajura, Sudurpashchim Province

A high-alpine goddess shrine above 4,000 m in Bajura, the supreme Shakti pilgrimage of far-western Nepal, reached only by a multi-day mountain trek.

बराहक्षेत्र मन्दिर, सुनसरी

Sunsari, Koshi Province

An ancient Vishnu pilgrimage at the Koka–Koshi confluence in Sunsari, dedicated to the boar incarnation (Varaha) and counted among Nepal's four great Chhetra sites.

भक्तपुर दरबार क्षेत्र

Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province

The best-preserved medieval city square in the valley, home to the 55-Window Palace and the Golden Gate.

विन्ध्यवासिनी मन्दिर, पोखरा

Kaski, Gandaki Province

The oldest and most important temple of Pokhara, a white-domed shrine to the goddess Durga set on a hillock above the old bazaar.

बौद्धनाथ (खास्ती चैत्य)

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province

One of the largest spherical stupas in the world and the centre of Tibetan Buddhism in Nepal.

बुढानिलकण्ठ (जलकश्यान नारायण)

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province

Home to Nepal's largest stone statue of a reclining Vishnu, carved from a single block of black basalt and floating in a recessed tank at the foot of Shivapuri hill.

चन्दननाथ मन्दिर, जुम्ला

Jumla, Karnali Province

The principal temple of Jumla in the high Karnali, a pagoda shrine to Chandannath above the Khalanga bazaar, centre of the region's faith and famed Marshi rice valley.

चण्डेश्वरी मन्दिर, बनेपा

Kavrepalanchok, Bagmati Province

A revered three-storey pagoda in Banepa dedicated to the goddess Chandeswori, famous for the large Bhairava fresco on its western wall — and the first HamroSampada monument captured as an interactive 3D model.

चाँगुनारायण मन्दिर

Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province

Believed to be the oldest temple in Nepal, dedicated to Lord Vishnu and surrounded by some of the country's earliest stone sculpture.

छिन्नमस्ता भगवती (सखडा), सप्तरी

Saptari, Madhesh Province

A renowned Shakti Peeth at Sakhada in Saptari, dedicated to the headless tantric goddess Chhinnamasta, one of the ten Mahavidyas.

दक्षिणकाली मन्दिर

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province

A powerful Shakti shrine to the goddess Kali at the southern edge of the valley, famed as one of the main sites of ritual animal sacrifice in Nepal.

दन्तकाली मन्दिर, धरान

Sunsari, Koshi Province

A Shakti Peeth on the wooded Vijayapur hill above Dharan, believed to enshrine a fallen tooth of the goddess Sati.

गढीमाई मन्दिर, बरियारपुर

Bara, Madhesh Province

A major goddess temple in Bara on the Terai plains, the focus of the once-in-five-years Gadhimai festival, historically one of the largest gatherings in the region.

गोरखा दरबार

Gorkha, Gandaki Province

The hilltop palace-fort of Gorkha, birthplace of King Prithvi Narayan Shah and cradle of modern unified Nepal.

गुह्येश्वरी मन्दिर

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province

A revered Shakti Peeth near Pashupatinath, dedicated to the goddess in her Guhyeshwari form and one of the most important tantric shrines in the valley.

गुप्तेश्वर महादेव गुफा

Kaski, Gandaki Province

A long limestone cave shrine to Shiva in Pokhara, opposite Davis Falls, where a naturally formed lingam draws pilgrims deep underground.

हलेसी महादेव (मारातिका गुफा), खोटाङ

Khotang, Koshi Province

A sacred limestone cave complex in Khotang revered by Hindus as the 'Pashupatinath of the East' and by Buddhists as the cave where Padmasambhava attained immortality.

जानकी मन्दिर, जनकपुर

Dhanusha, Madhesh Province

A grand Mughal-Rajput style temple in Janakpur dedicated to Sita (Janaki), one of the largest temples in Nepal.

काँक्रेबिहार, सुर्खेत

Surkhet, Karnali Province

The ruins of a 12th-century stone temple-monastery in the Surkhet valley, the most important medieval archaeological monument of the Karnali region.

वसन्तपुर दरबार क्षेत्र (हनुमानढोका)

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province

The royal palace square of the old Kathmandu kingdom, lined with Malla- and Shah-era temples, courtyards and the Hanuman Dhoka palace.

खप्तड बाबा आश्रम र त्रिवेणी धाम

Bajhang, Sudurpashchim Province

The ashram and Shiva pilgrimage of the revered Khaptad Baba, set amid the rolling alpine meadows of Khaptad in far-western Nepal.

मायादेवी मन्दिर, लुम्बिनी

Rupandehi, Lumbini Province

The birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, marking one of the holiest pilgrimage sites in the Buddhist world.

मनकामना मन्दिर

Gorkha, Gandaki Province

A famed wish-fulfilling temple to the goddess Bhagwati on a ridge in Gorkha, reached by Nepal's first passenger cable car.

मुक्तिनाथ मन्दिर (चुम्मिग ग्याल्सा)

Mustang, Gandaki Province

A high-altitude pilgrimage temple in Mustang sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists, famed for its 108 water spouts and eternal flame.

नमोबुद्ध (ताक्मो ल्युजिन)

Kavrepalanchok, Bagmati Province

A serene hilltop stupa in Kavre marking the legend where a prince offered his body to a starving tigress — one of the three holiest Buddhist sites in Nepal.

न्यातपोल मन्दिर

Bhaktapur, Bagmati Province

The tallest pagoda temple in Nepal, a five-storeyed masterpiece on Taumadhi Square in Bhaktapur that survived major earthquakes intact.

पनौती दरबार क्षेत्र

Kavrepalanchok, Bagmati Province

The compact medieval square of Panauti — one of the best-preserved Newar towns in the valley — centred on the towering Indreshwar Mahadev pagoda, and captured here as an interactive 3D model.

पशुपतिनाथ मन्दिर

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province

The most sacred Hindu temple of Nepal, dedicated to Lord Shiva as Pashupati, on the banks of the Bagmati River.

पाटन दरबार क्षेत्र

Lalitpur, Bagmati Province

A masterpiece of Newar urban design in Lalitpur, famed for its concentration of stone and metal artistry and the Krishna Mandir.

पाथीभरा देवी मन्दिर, ताप्लेजुङ

Taplejung, Koshi Province

A high-altitude goddess shrine on a 3,794 m ridge in Taplejung, one of the most revered Shakti pilgrimage sites of eastern Nepal with views of Kanchenjunga.

रामग्राम स्तूप

Parasi, Lumbini Province

The only undisturbed stupa believed to still enshrine original bodily relics of the Buddha, an earthen mound in Parasi awaiting full excavation.

शैलेश्वरी मन्दिर, डोटी

Doti, Sudurpashchim Province

An ancient Shakti Peeth at Silgadhi in Doti, the most revered temple of the far-western hills, dedicated to the goddess Shaileshwari (Bhagwati).

सिम्रौनगढ

Bara, Madhesh Province

The ruined fortified capital of the medieval Karnat dynasty of Mithila in Bara, an extensive archaeological landscape straddling the Nepal–India border.

स्वर्गद्वारी, प्युठान

Pyuthan, Lumbini Province

A revered hilltop ashram and Shiva pilgrimage in the mid-western hills of Pyuthan, known for its perpetual sacred fire and sweeping Himalayan views.

स्वयम्भूनाथ (स्वयम्भू)

Kathmandu, Bagmati Province

An ancient hilltop stupa overlooking Kathmandu, known worldwide as the 'Monkey Temple' for its resident troupes.

ताल बाराही मन्दिर, फेवा ताल

Kaski, Gandaki Province

An iconic island pagoda to the goddess Barahi in the middle of Phewa Lake, reached by boat and the signature image of Pokhara.

तिलौराकोट (प्राचीन कपिलवस्तु)

Kapilvastu, Lumbini Province

The excavated palace-city believed to be ancient Kapilvastu, where Prince Siddhartha spent his first 29 years before renouncing the world.