Highlights of Nepal Tour (06 Nights / 07 Days Tour)

Arrive Kathmandu

Transfer to airport

Fly to Jomsom (20 minutes). Walk to hotel 5 minutes. Another 10 minutes’ walk will take to jeep station to drive to Muktinath. Driving through Ekle Bhatti, Kagbeni and Jharkot will take you to Rani Pauwa in one and half hour (23 Km). From here, Muktinath temple is only 10 – 15 minutes’ walk.

Muktinath Temple, situated at an altitude of 3,710 meters (12,172 feet) in the Mustang district of Nepal, Muktinath is a highly venerated sacred place for both Hindus and Buddhists. Hindus call the site Mukti Kshetra (place of salvation), one of the most ancient temples of the God Vishnu and the Vaishnava tradition in Nepal. The shrine is considered to be one of the eight sacred places known as Svayam Vyakta Ksetras (the other seven being Srirangam, Srimushnam, Tirupati, Naimisharanya, Totadri, Pushkar and Badrinath), as well as one of the 108 Divya Desam, or holy places of worship of Lord Vishnu. Additionally, it is also one of the 51 Shakti Pitha goddess sites.

The temple is small and contains a human-sized golden statue of Vishnu as Shri Mukti Narayana. In addition to Mukti Narayana, the temple has bronze images of Bhoodevi (the Earth-goddess form of Lakshmi), the goddesses Saraswati and Janaki (Sita), Garuda (the mount of Vishnu), Lava-Kusa (the sons of Rama and Sita) and the Sapta Rishis (Seven Sages created by Lord Brahma).

Additionally, Swami Narayan had picked this spot as his austerity heaven. He laid out his deerskin on a hill and spent 6 months standing on one leg, meditating and chanting Surya mantra tirelessly amidst snow, storms and torturing weather. On the night of Prabodhini Ekadashi, Surya Dev presented himself as a celestial being

The Tibetan Buddhist tradition states that Guru Rimpoche, also known as Padmasambhava, the founder of Tibetan Buddhism, meditated here on his way to Tibet. Behind the temple is a semi-circular wall with 108 stone faucets at a height of seven feet. The faucets all have the same shape of the head of a bull and are separated by approximately one foot. Water from the ice-cold Kali Gantaki River has been diverted to flow through the mouths of these bulls and hardy pilgrims who visit the temple often stand beneath each of the spouts.

The Kali Gantaki riverbed downstream from Muktinath is the sole source of the rare Shaligram stones that are required to establish a temple of Vishnu anywhere in the world. Saligram is considered as very powerful stone and has religious and spiritual significant. After completing prayers and worship at the Muktinath temple many pilgrims, both Hindu and Buddhist, visit Mebar Lha Gomba, the small monastery of `miraculous fire', which is situated near the entrance gate of the temple.

This monastery dedicated to Guru Rimpoche (Padmasambhava) and containing a statue of the Buddhist deity Chenrezig (Avalokitesvara), is famous for its continuously burning natural gas fire, which Hindus worship as Jwala Mai, the Goddess of Fire. It is believed that this miracle of fire lighting was offering made by Brahma himself, (the creator of universe). After completing the visit, walk back to Rani Pauwa for lunch and drive back to Jomsom. Overnight at hotel in Jomsom.

Transfer to airport for flight to Kathmandu

Meet, assist and transfer to airport.

PM - Half day sightseeing tour of Kathmandu city and Swayambhunath.

Kathmandu City- Nowhere in the world can one find the same concentration of culture, art and tradition that exits in Kathmandu valley. Once known as Kantipur, Kathmandu is the capital of Nepal. The city is a concentration of temples. In the Durbar Square is the residence of Kumari the Virgin Goddess who acknowledges the greetings of the devotees from the balcony of her temple residence also Kasthmandap Temple, the source of the name of Kathmandu, Hanuman Dhoka the ancient palace of the Nepalese Royalty.

Soyambhunath Located approximately 4 kms. /2.5 miles, situated on the hillock, this Buddhist Stupa is said to be over 2000 years old. The Stupa which forms the main structure is composed of a solid hemisphere of brick and earth supporting a lofty conical spire capped by a pinnacle of copper gilt. Painted on the four-sided base of the spire are the all-seeing eyes of Lord Buddha. This hill is a mosaic of small Chaityas and Pagoda temples. From the hillock, one can have a spectacular view of the Kathmandu city. Overnight at hotel in Kathmandu.

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