Chagunarayan Temple & Bhaktapur Half Day Tour

During this day tour you will get a chance to have the image of traditional architecture they were built many years ago. In the other hand you will experience amazing Newari culture and custom along with one of the famous Hindu temple Chagunarayan.

Bhaktapur appearance as a medieval city and it may give you an image of what Europe may have looked like centuries ago. This is home of the traditional Newari culture & custom. In Bhaktapur we will visit beautiful buildings such as the royal palace with its golden door, Nepals highest temple, the five story high nyatapola, potters square, where the people still make pottery in the traditional way and many more attractions. You will get incomparable impression of it. The other attraction of this place is traditional Newari food items which is famous in Nepal.

Changunarayan Temple is located on a high hilltop that is also known as Changu or Dolagiri. The temple is situated in a small village known as Changu so this temple gets its name by this village and it also believed that the Kashmiri king gave his daughter, Champak, in marriage to the prince of Bhaktapur so Changu Narayan Temple is named after her. The Manahara River flows beside the hill. This shrine is dedicated to lord Visnu and held in special reverence by the Hindu people. This temple is considered to be the oldest temple in the history of Nepal. In this temple, examples of stone, wood and metal crafts can be seen. The temple is a symbol of the religion and faith of Kathmandu valley and plays an important religious role. The major attraction in this temple is the Vishnu image with ten heads and arms.