Gorkha Palace
A 16th century hilltop palace founded by Ram Shah, about an hour's climb above Gorkha bazaar. It was the seat of the Shah kings of Gorkha, from which Prithvi Narayan Shah set out to unite Nepal, and it is on Nepal's tentative UNESCO list.
- Where
- Gorkha, Gandaki, Nepal
- Grade
- Heritage site
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 28.0044, 84.6289
Get the Gorkha Palace stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gorkha Palace. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Gandaki volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gorkha Palace
Manakamana Temple 12 km
A pagoda temple on a ridge in Gorkha District, dedicated to the goddess Bhagwati, whose name means the wish-fulfilling one. Founded in 1678, it is reached by a long cable car ride up from the Trishuli valley.
Swargadwari 14 km
A hilltop temple and pilgrimage site in Pyuthan District honouring the place of the cow in Hinduism. Its name means gate of heaven, and it is said to have been founded by Swami Hamsananda, who spent his life here herding and milking thousands of cows.
Siddha Cave 22 km
A huge limestone cave above Bimalnagar in Tanahun, 50 metres high and 437 metres deep, said to be one of the largest in Nepal. Its chambers are big enough to hold around 2,500 people.
Devghat 36 km
A holy town where the Kali Gandaki and the Trishuli meet to form the Narayani, one of the great religious centres of central Nepal. Temples and ashrams line the banks, and many devotees come to spend their last years here.
Rupa Lake 53 km
A long, shallow lake in the southeast of the Pokhara Valley, about 1.35 square kilometres and no more than 6 metres deep, lying north to south beside Begnas. It is the third largest of the valley's lakes, and far quieter than Phewa.
Nuwakot Palace 54 km
An 18th century palace built by Prithvi Narayan Shah, the first king of unified Nepal, on a ridge above the Trishuli valley. Its tall seven-storey tower and brick courtyards were his base during the campaign for the Kathmandu Valley.
Begnas Lake 55 km
The second largest of Pokhara Valley's seven lakes, in its quieter southeast corner, ringed by terraced fields and fish farms. Its level rises and falls with the monsoon and is held by a small dam built in 1988 on the Khudi Khola.
Manaslu Conservation Area 59 km
A protected area in Gorkha District, set up in 1998 and covering 1,663 square kilometres of mountains, glaciers and rivers. It rises from 1,400 metres to the 8,156 metre summit of Manaslu, which the Manaslu Circuit trek loops around.
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Questions
Where is Gorkha Palace?
Gorkha Palace is in Gorkha, Gandaki, Nepal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Manakamana Temple (12 km), Swargadwari (14 km), Siddha Cave (22 km).
How do I get the Gorkha Palace stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gorkha Palace and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gandaki volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gorkha Palace before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gandaki volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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