Manakamana Temple
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.
- Where
- Manakamana, Gandaki, Nepal
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 27.9000, 84.5833
Get the Manakamana Temple stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Manakamana Temple. 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 Manakamana Temple
Gorkha Palace 12 km
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.
Siddha Cave 17 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 24 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.
Swargadwari 26 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.
Chitwan National Park 51 km
Nepal's first national park, founded in 1973 in the jungle and grassland of the inner Terai and a World Heritage Site since 1984. Its 952 square kilometres are home to one-horned rhinoceros and Bengal tigers, watched from jeeps, canoes and on foot.
Rupa Lake 54 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.
Parsa National Park 54 km
Sal forest and the low Sivalik Hills spread over 627 square kilometres of the central Terai, next to Chitwan. A wildlife reserve from 1984, it became a national park in 2017, and its forests let animals roam between the two parks.
Begnas Lake 56 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.
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Questions
Where is Manakamana Temple?
Manakamana Temple is in Manakamana, Gandaki, Nepal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Gorkha Palace (12 km), Siddha Cave (17 km), Devghat (24 km).
How do I get the Manakamana Temple stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Manakamana Temple 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 Manakamana Temple 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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