Bisankhunarayan

Bisankhunarayan is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Godawari Municipality in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3867 in 707 individual households.[5] Bishankhunarayan is a historic place because of Vishnu's temple called Bishankhu narayan, a popular Hindu god. Narayan is another name for Lord Vishnu. A small cave is located inside the temple.

Bishankhunarayan[1]

विशंखुनारायण

temple of lord vishnu
Village of Godawari Municipality
Nickname(s): 
vishnu
Bishankhunarayan[4]
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27.61°N 85.39°E / 27.61; 85.39
Country   Nepal
ProvinceProvince No. 3
DistrictLalitpur District
Population
 (1991)
 • Total3,867
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Every year tens of thousand pilgrims visit these four temple.

Villages near Bishnankhunarayan include Godawari, Lamatar, Godamchour. Bishankhunarayn vdc has rich water resources as well as big and thick forest.[6]

References
  1. http://wikimapia.org/11888095/Bishankhunarayan-VDC
  2. http://wikimapia.org/11888095/Bishankhunarayan-VDC
  3. http://wikimapia.org/11888095/Bishankhunarayan-VDC
  4. http://wikimapia.org/11888095/Bishankhunarayan-VDC
  5. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-09-03.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-16.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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