Kirtipur City Sightseeing Tour - 1 Day

Kirtipur City Sightseeing Tour - 1 Day

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Tour Overview

Kirtipur is situated 8 km southwest of Kathmandu and an ancient Newar township. The major attractions of Kirtipur are Tribhuvan University-TU, located at the foot of the hill. The Chovar, a very scenic spot located near Kirtipur. The temple of Adinath, situated on a top of the hill, the Chilamcho Stupa, the temple of Bagh Bhairav, Uma Maheshwor temple, dedicated to Lord Shiva and Shri Kirti Bihara, a Buddhist Monastery are also major attractions of Kirtipur. Kirtipur is completely a religious place of historical importance. At every 1 km maximum of distance we can find a temple in Kirtipur. A visit to Kirtipur is a cultural sightseeing where we can also enjoy seeing the traditional people and their lifestyle.
Itinerary
At 8:00 am: After breakfast in the morning we gather together in the Great Nepal office at Thamel for city sightseeing tour to Kirtipur. It is located at distance of 9 km from Central Kathmandu. We reach there by around 30-40 minutes drive. We leave Thamel office by 8:15 to 8:20.
At 9:00 am: Around 9 in the morning we will be at our destination. The first place we visit will be chilamcho stupa, a pagoda style temple. It lies at quite a height surrounded by traditional homes all around. People living there and their lifestyle also seem to be very traditional and ritual. We can find mostly the Newar communities.
At 10:00 am: We move down from Chilamcho stupa to Bagh Bhairab Temple. It lies around half a kilometer from Chilamcho Stupa. The Bagh Bhairab temple consists of statue of Hindu God Bhairab. It is different from other Bhairab statue as it does not consist of tongue with its mouth open wide. From the back side of this temple the panoramic Kathmandu valley view can be observed. The festival of Bagh Bhairab is celebrated on the first day of month of Bhadra.
At 11:00 am: Around 11 in the morning we can go to some of the traditional restaurants which provides us a delicious and hygienic food with a typical taste. The hospitality they provide us makes us feel like not leaving the place. The special menu for Newari dishes will be serves to us.
At 01:00 pm: we leave for uma maheshwor from there. It is located at the maximum height of Kirtipur town. From that place we see the complete view of Kathmandu valley. The Swyombhunath, White Gumba can be located from the left wing of the temple.
At 02:00 pm: Around 2 in the noon we reach Shri Kirti Bihar. There we find the statue of every stage in Siddhartha Gautam life turning to Gautam Buddha. The enlightment getting is so fascinatingly shown through carvings. Many Buddhist followers and nuns do sacred prayers there and some even sacrifice all their lives for their religion. It is a very peaceful place. The chanting and prayers there gives peace and feeling like light hearted in people.
At 03:00 pm: After visit to Shri Kirti Bihar, at 3pm in the daytime we will head towards Adinath temple. This temple lies at height of Chovar. The Chovar and Kirtipur hills are separated by a valley in between. Chovar is at a little distance from Sri Bihar. It takes around an hour walk. We need to walk through valley as well as climb the hill through staircase, the climb is not that tough, the scenario around will make your climb easier. Adinath temple consists of Seto Machhindranath.
At 05:00 pm: Around 5 pm, we get down from Chovar. We can get back to Great Nepal’s office or if convenient time we can visit Jal Binayak. A holy temple of Lord Ganesh. It will take only an hour to visit.
(The above itinerary is open to any sort of modification as per your desires)

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