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Title	Holy excursion to Palanchowk
Start Date	2010-08-01
End Date	2010-08-01
Duration (hrs)	4.5 Hrs
Distance (km)	10 Kms
Hike coordinator	Rajesh Singh
Participants	Anup Poudyal, Manish Dhakal, Praveen Manandhar, Rajesh Singh, Ratna Prasad Banjara, Sagar Adhikari and Sangeeta Rayamajhi.
Photos by	Anup Poudyal, Ratna Prasad Banjara
Captions by	Anup Poudyal, Manish Dhakal, Rajesh Singh, Sangeeta Rayamajhi, Sagar Adhikari, Ratna Prasad Banjara.
Report by	Anup Poudyal , Ratna Prasad Banjara
Creative Support	Dijup Tuladhar, Prerana Pradhan

	Origin	Location2	Destination
Name	Tamaghat	Lamidada	Palanchowk Bhagwati
District	Kavre Palanchowk
Zone	Bagmati
Longitude
Latitude
Altitude
Recommended Items to See	Beautiful Landscapes	Beautiful Landscapes	Bhagwati temple
Recommended Places to Eat			Sunkoshi resort
Recommended Places to Stay			Sunkoshi resort
Recommended Activities	Hiking and Photo Journalism	Hiking and Photo Journalism	Worship
Recommended means of transportation	VAN/Bus/Bike
Available means of transportation	VAN
Weather
Culture			Newars, Tamangs
Distance from previous Location	50 kms	2  kms	8  kms
Means of Transport	VAN
Duration	2  hrs on VAN	1  hr	3.5 hrs

Report Section Palanchowk Bhagawati temple is 7-km north of the mountain of Panchkhal, 15 kilometers of Dhulikhel on the Arniko Highway and, 42 kilometers from Kathmandu. There is an idol of 3 feet high goddess Bhagawati artistically carved in a black stone. It is one of the most famous temples of goddess for Buddhists and Hindus. This temple is believed to have been constructed during the reign of King Man Dev. One can really enjoy the panoramic views of landscape from this vantage point. We can enjoy spectacular Nepalese panoramas of the Himalayan and the countryside. The temple is situated on the top of the Palanchowk hill named after Bhagawati, the height being 1563 meters, and is well connected by a motorable road from the Arniko Highway. Many pilgrims visit the temple especially on Tuesdays and Saturdays and animal sacrificing is also offered to the Goddess. During the great Dasain festival season, people from all over make a pilgrimage to Palanchowk Bhagawati. Palanchowk Bhagawati epitomizes the image of Durga Goddess where one does not find the impact of Rudra or Himsa. She is calm, peaceful, loving and showering her blessing. In addition to the religious importance, the beautiful scenes, view from the hill top is magnificent. Early in the morning, on Sunday, 01st of August 2010, we moved from D2 on office van at about 7:30 AM. After travelling for 1.5 hour we crossed Kathmandu and Bhaktapur districts and reached the beautiful city of Kavre District - Banepa. We took some breakfast there for half an hour and headed to our destination. After reaching Dhulikhel, we began to see beautiful scenario of Pachkhal valley. While travelling on office van we noticed places like Khawa, Keraghari, Tinpiple, Tamaghat and Lamidada. Finally we reached Tamaghat and started our hiking. After walking for an hour in Arniko Highway we reached Lamidada and departed from Arniko Highway and headed towards Palanchowk Bhagawati temple. The route was pretty muddy and slippery with some rain drops around. On the way, we decided to take some rest on a 'Chautari' by the side of the road. Manish was engrossed by the scenic beauty around. He decided to become the next tapaswi by doing meditation for a couple of minutes and discovered some modern meditation techniques as well. We took blessings from the QC goddess (Sangeeta) and continued to hike along the graveled road beneath the scorching sun that was playing hide and seek with clouds. After spending our toil for few more couple of minutes, we reached the temple at 1.30 PM. We worshipped the almighty, took blessings and shoot some pictures around. Finally, we departed the temple at around 2.15 PM. On the way, we decided to have some light food in a restaurant in Palanchowk. At around 4.30PM, we reached Kathmandu, had lunch in Thakali restaurant in Darbar Marg and finally, waved each other good bye. Summarizing, it was a hike in which we not only relaxed our mind from the burden of a weeklong 9 to 6 duties but also got spiritual relaxation. We brought back home warm memories to cherish.

• 01 Breakfast
• 02 saarhai garhungo raichan
• 03 long way to go....
• 04 la hera naani dekhiko baani
• 05 Disciplined march
• 06 Counting steps
• 07 Marching Ahead
• 08 Photographer got photographed
• 09 Raato Maato Chiplo Baato
• 10 Go Green
• 11 Happy Dent
• 12 QC Goddess
• 13 3 IDIOTS
• 14 Gotcha.....
• 15 pakh talaai
• 16 The Good The Bad and The Ugly
• 17 Tapaswi asan...the modern way
• 18 We walk on lonely road....
• 19 Palanchowk Bhagwati
• 20 Chiranjiwi vayes
• 21 Catching reflection
• 22 Bless us, Bhagwati Mata
• 23 Sangeeta handling chocolates to a kid
• 24 Hikers&Worshippers
• 25 Thread of belief
• 26 when will you come
• 27 Hawk and flies
• 28 Sleeping beauty 1
• 29 Sleeping beauty 2
• 30 Waiting for his food
• 31 Mr. Coordinator

Trip Itinerary : Tamaghat - Lamidada- Palanchowk Bhagwati
From-To-Activity		Start Time	End Time	Distance	Means
Day 1
KTM	Banepa	7.30 AM	9.00 AM	26KM	VAN
Breakfast at Banepa		9.00AM	9.30AM
Banepa	Tamaghat	9.30AM	10.30AM	22KM	VAN
Tamaghat	Lamidada	10.30AM	11.30AM	2KM	Hike
Lamidada	Palanchowk Bhagawati	11.30AM	1.30PM	8KM	Hike
Snacks Time		1.30AM	2.15PM
Palanchowk Bhagawati	KTM	2.15PM	3.45PM	58KM	VAN
Lunch		3.45PM	4.30PM