1 Day Kathmandu Valley Tour

Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal is in the altitude of 1350m. It falls in the Bagmati Province of Nepal. It is the most populated city of Nepal. The valley is surrounded by hills and there are three districts out of 77 districts in Nepal, which is famous for historical, cultural and religious monuments and heritage places. Its early name was Manju Patan. The present Kathmandu came from the word “Kasthamandap” which means “wooden temple”. One of the kings from Malla Dynasty, called Laxmi Narasinga Malla built temple with the woods of a single tree, around the 12th century. Since then, Kathmandu named Kasthamandap. So the present name “Kathmandu” is derived from the word “Kasthamandap”.
There are several places to visit in Kathmandu valley. You can spend one week in the valley without repeating the places to visit. There are three Durbar Squares, several temples and monasteries, museums, book stores, souvenir shops. You are welcome to Kathmandu.    

Pashupatinath is one of the most significant and the biggest Hindu temples of Shiva in the world, which is in the heart of Kathmandu nearby the airport. There is no certain data how old the temple is, however; it is believed that the site had been existed since 400 BC. The current temple was built in 1692 CE. Shiva is the God of Gods symbolizing the “destruction” among three main Gods according to Hinduism – Brahma, Bishnu and Maheshwor (Shiva). Brahma creates living things, Bishnu preserves them and Shiva destroys them at the end. Pashupatinath is listed in the World Heritage site in the lists of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. It was enlisted in 1979 AD. Pashupatinath is one of the 275 Paadal Petra Sthalams (Holy Abodes of Shiva)..   

It is also called Baudha, is the larget spherical stupa in the world. It was built in the 6th century CE, in the Licchavi regime. It was expanded around the 14th century. It is situated in the northeastern outskirts of Kathmandu, about 6 km from far from the heart of Kathmandu, Thamel. It was enlisted in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979AD. Buadhanath is one of the popular places to visit on your visit to Nepal.

It is also called Monkey temple as you can see hundreds of monkeys around there when you visit there, which is the oldest religious site in Nepal. It was built in the 6th century CE, in the Licchavi regime. It was expanded around the 14th century. There is no enough proof when it was built, however; it is believed that it was built around 2500 years ago. It is also believed that it was created itself at the beginning so it is named Swayam (self) bhu (earth) nath (god) – which means it is created itself from the earth. It was enlisted in the UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979AD. It is situated around 3 km far from Thamel, in the west direction. Swayambhunath  is one of the popular places to visit on your visit to Nepal.