Kathmandu district
OtherFamily friendly
Budhanilkantha Temple
An open-air shrine at the foot of Shivapuri Hill north of Kathmandu, holding Nepal's largest stone sculpture: a reclining Vishnu five metres long, carved from a…
Sacred Sites in Bagmati Province, Nepal
8 researched sites, each with sourced history, pilgrimage information and the prayers associated with it.
- Bhaktapur districtOtherFamily friendly
Changu Narayan Temple
On a hilltop above the Manohara River, about twelve kilometres east of Kathmandu. Widely cited as Nepal's oldest Hindu temple site, and a UNESCO World Heritage…
- Kathmandu districtOther
Dakshinkali Temple
In a forested gorge at the confluence of the Bagmati and Nakhu rivers near Pharping, southwest of Kathmandu. One of Nepal's most important Kali shrines and its…
- Suryavinayak, BhaktapurShaivismFamily friendly
Doleshwar Mahadev Temple
Doleshwar Mahadev Temple, in Suryavinayak, Bhaktapur, roughly 20 km from Kathmandu, is devotionally regarded as the "head" counterpart to Kedarnath in Uttarakha…
Best: October, November, February…Explore → - Lalitpur districtOtherFamily friendly
Krishna Mandir, Patan
In Patan Durbar Square, one of the very few temples in the Kathmandu Valley built in the North Indian shikhara style rather than the local pagoda form, and carv…
- Bhaktapur districtOtherFamily friendly
Nyatapola Temple, Bhaktapur
In Taumadhi Square, Bhaktapur. At 33.23 metres, the tallest pagoda in Nepal, and the most celebrated piece of structural engineering the Malla period produced.
- Kathmandu (Deopatan), Bagmati RiverShaivismFamily friendly
Pashupatinath Temple
Pashupatinath Temple, on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River in Kathmandu, is among the oldest and most significant Hindu temple complexes in South Asia, and…
Best: October, November, February…Explore → - Kathmandu districtOtherFamily friendly
Taleju Temple, Kathmandu
At Hanuman Dhoka in Kathmandu Durbar Square. The principal royal temple of the Malla dynasty and the tallest structure in the square, at 36 metres on twelve bri…