Bishankhu narayan cave (Kakaro)

Bishankhu Narayan temple is located at Lalitpur, Bagmati, Nepal. Bishankhu Narayan is one of the four Narayans located at each corner of Kathmandu valley. Narayan is another name to Lord Bishnu. It is said that this temple was built by Haridutta Varma around 43 - 143 AD.According to legend, the hillock near the temple was formed when Lord Vishnu destroyed the demon Bhasmasura, who, having attained from Lord Shiva the power to turn anybody he touched into ashes, had tried to test the power upon the deity himself. Lord Vishnu quite skilfully convinced the demon to test the power upon himself and thus turned him into a mound of ashes

Bishankhu Narayan Temple

It is located at South Eastern part of the valley. Despite only few kilometers away from the city, this place is still unknown to many people. Located at a beautiful landscape, the view of all three districts of kathmandu valley, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and kathmandu from the top of the temple is awesome.

Beside temples, shrine inside a cave, trees, ladders,beautiful top with salla trees and rocks with a great view, the main attaraction of this place is Kakaro, the cave.Many people come to worship Bishnu here and enter this Kakaro. Ekadashi is the day when people often visit here. There is a huge mela at Maha Ekadashi, a lot of people from all over Nepal come here at that day.

To go to Bishankhu Narayan temple you can take a vehicle from Lagankhel or Sathdobato to hadegaun or Godamchour and then have a short walk from there. You have to take a left from a football ground at Godamchour, uphill with forest on your right and a beautiful view of villages of lalitpur on your left. Bishankhu Narayan temple is located on the way to Kot dada.

Bishankhu Narayan Cave

Here is a video of Kakaro at Bishankhu Narayan temple. It has story that when Bishnu was chased by a demon he ran throung this kakaro but the demon got stuck here. It is still believed that only the ones without any sins can easily pass through this Kakaro.

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