Gorkha

The word Gorkha is derived from word ‘karkha’ which means ‘grass land’, change into Garkha and became Gorkha. Gorkha is a district out of seventy seven districts. It is a part of Gandak pardesh.  The district was known as Prithivi Narayan Nagarpalika. It was a district headquarters. It covers an area of 3610 square km. Gorkha is a historic place of Nepal. Gorkha is place where a name of legendary Gurkha Soldiers. The major attraction of this place is Manakamana Temple, Gorakh Nath temple and Gorakh kali Temple. Marshyangdi and Budhi Gandaki River flows over here. The place consists of 11 municipalities rural and urban. Gorkha durbar Square is major attraction of this place.

Geography and Climate

Gorkha has 288,134 populations according to census 2001. It is historically organize place. Once, Prithivi Narayan Shah had a kingdom here. It is the birthplace of Prithivi Narayan Shah who unified Nepal.  There is his Durbar Square kingdom. Some destruction has appeared of earthquake. Gorkha is famous for weapon production like khukuri. It is a place from where British Army Originated. People cultivate here wheat, paddy, maize, wheat, etc.

Majorly, there are four seasons in Gorkha Summer, winter, spring and Monsoon. The hottest month is September and coldest is January. The summer ranges from 17 degree Celsius to 33 degree Celsius. Winter falls to 7 degree Celsius.

How to Reach Gorkha?

Gorkha Durbar Square is 140.6km far away from Kathmandu. It takes around 4 -5 hours to reach Gorkha from Kathmandu. You can carry on with local bus from Kathmandu. Taxi can be hire from Kathmandu, Pokhara and Biratnagar. It takes around 10 hours from Biratnagar and 3 hours from Pokhara to reach Gorkha

 Places of Interest to Visit

Manakamana Temple

Manakamana is a sacred place of Hindu Goddess Bhagwati. The word Manakamana is derived from two words ‘mana’ means heart and ‘kamana’ means wish. Manakamana Temple is 12 km far from Gorkha. It’s across the hill and river to reach. There was only the way of trek to reach temple. Later, first cable car station established to reach soon temple. The cable car starts its’ station from kurintar. It takes around 10 minutes to reach temple from station by cable car. There are 31 passenger’s cable cars and 3 cargo cars. It is said that whoever visits Manakamana and worships Goddess Bhagwati, They gets bless and wishes are completed.

Gorkha Durbar Square

Gorkha durbar square is a place where King Prithivi Narayan Shah was born. He was born in 1973. King Shah unified Nepal into a country. It is a place where Durbar Square is located. There are few buildings left of Durbar square because of earthquake. It is situated on the top of the Gorkha hill. The palace is locate 3281ft above. The palace complex is design of old structure, carvings, etc. You can reach Palace in 40-45 minutes from Gorkha Bazaar by foot. The 8th highest mountain of world Mt. Manaslu is view from palace complex.

Cultures in Gorkha

Mongolian people like Magar, gurung, tamang, rai, limbu are the pride of this place. They celebrate the festival like Dashain, Tihar, Loshar, etc. They practice their cultural dance according to their traditions. Mainly, folk songs are singing here. The main festival Dashain of Nepal is not start in Kathmandu before sending flower and holy from Gorkha Temple.

Hotels in Gorkha

  • Hotel Gorkha Bisauni
  • River Fun Beach Resort
  • Gurkha Inn Village Resort
  • Manakamana Rising Resort

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