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Pokhara, the city of lakes, is the second-largest city of Nepal after Kathmandu. Three 8,000-metre (26,000-foot) peaks (Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Manaslu) can be seen from the city. [36] The Machhapuchchhre (Fishtail) with an elevation of 6,993 metres (22,943 feet) is the closest to the city.
Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the Indian subcontinent, the era in ancient Nepal when Hinduism was founded, the predominant religion of the country.
Pokhara University in 2007. Pokhara University is located in Khudi-Dhungepatan, Pokhara Lekhnath Municipality, Kaski District, 13 km east of Pokhara city (Prithvi Chowk). It also operates an academic complex in Seven Lake City, Lekhnath, surrounded by several peaks of the Himalayan mountain range.
Gandaki Province (Nepali: गण्डकी प्रदेश [ɡʌɳɖʌki]) Listen ⓘ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. [1] Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region in Southwest China to the north ...
Gandaki Province. District. Kaski District. Pokhara Valley is the second-largest valley in the hilly region of Nepal. It lies in the western part of Nepal. The cities of Pokhara and Lekhnath are in the valley. As of 2023, Pokhara has a population of 599,504. It is located in Gandaki zone, 203 km (126 mi) west of Kathmandu Valley.
Pokhara, Sarangkot, Kaskikot, Dhikurpokhari. Phewa Lake or Phewa Tal (Nepali: फेवा ताल, [ˈpʰewa tal]) is a freshwater lake in Nepal formerly called Baidam Tal located in the south of the Pokhara Valley that includes Pokhara city and parts of Sarangkot and Kaskikot. [1] It is the second largest lake in Nepal and the largest in ...
The temple was established circa the 1760s. [3] King Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah, the then king of Nepal appointed Kahindra Padhya Poudel in June 1815 AD as temple priest replacing Harivamsha Padhya.
The idea of constructing an international airport in Pokhara was first proposed in 1971. [6] In 1976, the Government of Nepal acquired land for the project. [7] In 1989, the Japan International Cooperation Agency conducted a feasibility study. [8]