Pokhara

Nepalese pride Pokhara

Phewa and fishtail

 

Pokhara is one of the beautiful place of the earth. It is in the lap of the mountain. It is also known as a town of lake. It is 200 kms far from the capital city (Kathmandu). Pokhara is situated at an altitude of 827 meters from sea level. It is linked by Air and by road from Kathmandu and the Indian border Sunauli. Pokhara can be reached in 6 hours bus ride and just 30 minutes by Airplane from Kathmandu. From pokhara we can see the several mountains such as Dhaulagiri, Machhapuchher(Fishtail), Manaslu, Annapurna and others. Fishtail is just 30 kms far from pokhara and we can see the shadow in the phewa lack.in this way there is beautiful views of hills also they are Sarankot, Kaskikot, Kalikasthan, Bharat Pokhari and the Pumdi Bhumdi Hills.

Pokhara has suitable climate for visit. People can visit every time in the year. At the time of winter the average temperature is 6degree Celsius and at summer 30-32 celsius.

There are severall lakes and rivers in pokhara. Fewa, Bernas Rupa are the famous lakes of the pokhara. In the same way the seti river flows through the heart of the pokhara. In pokhara there are many caves. They are Mehendra cave, Gupteshwot mahadev, chamera cave and others. In pokhara near Gupteshwot mahadev there is davis fall.

There are several temples of Hindu’s people and Buddhist’s people. One is Baharai temple which is almost center of the Fewa Lake and surrounded by the water. Other temples are Bindabashini,Buddhist monastery and so on.

One interesting thingis that in pokhara the seti river goes completely underground in certain places.