Friends in this lesson i am giving you information about the beautiful city of eastern nepal.Dharan city is one of the most beautiful cities in nepal.Dharan city located among the big cities of eastern nepal is known as a big and beautiful city. Dharan city is one of the thirteenth largest city in nepal located in province no.1. Dharan city is also the largest city in sunsari district after itahari city.Similarly dharan city can also be known as the second most rainy place after pokhara city.Dharan city is also an industrial area in eastern nepal.Small and large industries are operating around dharan city.Due to the established of small and large industries all around dharan city some local residents have found employment opportunities there.Similarly foreign laotians also reside in dharan city.That is why this city is also called the city where employees lives.Dharan city is also the most beautiful and cleanest city after hetauda city.Dharan city is a beautiful city surrounded by dhankuta,itahari, mahabharat hill and bhawar region.The major tourist areas of dharan city include ghantaghar,pindeshwor temple,dantakali temple,budha subba temple,charkoshe jhadi and mahabharat hill etc.Dharan city was declared dub-metropolitan city in bikram sambat 2074.There was a various reasons why dharan city was called dharan.The reason why dharan city was named dharan can be traced back to ancient information.In fact the recently established dharan city was priviously covered in dense forest.The people there used to go into that dense forest with a saw to cut dharin or dharan used for house.Dharan or dharin is used to build houses.The word dharin or dharan is a nepali word which means a beam used for house use.The place in that forest where a saw was used to cut beams became known as a place where beams were cut with a saw.Beam is called dharin or dharan in nepali language.Then gradually people started sitting in the vicinity of that dense forest.Then the people there called that place dharin or dharan cutting place and later the name dharan came from the words dharin and dharan.It is said that the present city of dharan was named after dharin or dharan.Therefore the work of cutting dharan wood with saw was started in that large forest where today’s morden city of dharan is located.People started sitting in the place where dharan was cut with a saw.In colloquial language that place was dharan was cutting place and the name dharan was corrupted from dharan cutting place.
It can be said that people started sitting in the place where dharan city is now from about bikram sambat 1959.Then dharan city was established in bikram sambat 2015.Then dharan city was declared sub-metripolitan city from bikram sambat 2074.According to the latest census dharan city has a total population of 173096,making dharan city the 15th largest city in terms of population.Dharan city is located on the foot of the mahabharat mountain range in the north and its southern part extends to the edge of the terai.The city is located at an altitude of 349 meters above sea level.The highest part of dharan city is 1778 meters and the lowest part is 119 meters.Dharan city is mainly inhabited limbu and rai but brahmans,kshetri,newar,magar,tamang, gurung and others ethnic group or communities also live here.Initially dharan city had only 11 wards.In 2035 bikram sambat bajgada panchayat in the east and ghopa gaun panchayat in the west were merged and divided 19 wards.Recently 27 wards have been reorganized in dharan city and 20 wards have been created.The total area of dharan dub-metropolitan city is 193.31 swuare kilometers which includes kerabari in the east,barah kshetra in the west,sanghuri fort in the north and itahari in the south.The hilly areas of dharan are slightly cold and the plains are slightly hot. Therefore since it is a place where winter and summer are in balance the climate here is very suitable for human habitation. There are government offices and private cooperatives in dharan city duch as mahendra multipurpose campus, pindeshwor sanskrit campus,central technology campus,easyern engineer campus,BP koirala institute of health sciences and many other places.Dharan stadium has been built in dharan ward no.16 for the development and promotion of sports.In addition to training in various sports,sports projects are also held from time to time.Dharan city can be said to be a city that produces artists among other cities in nepal.In terms of entertainment in dharan city a colorful nighttime atmosphere can be seen in bagarkot of dharan city.Often people at this place at night to enjoy the musical atmosphere while eating pork raised in dharan.This place can be said to be known as thamel of dharan because it is crowded with people.For entertainment in dharan city places of special natural importance like gorkhavpark,chinde hill,osho park or BP park,vijayapur hill,sakela park,shiva jatta etc.can be visited for trekking.Dharan city is a place where people of different castes live.Not only the eastern region is famous in the field of art,literature,culture and sports it can be considered as a beautiful model city.
Dharan city is a city with a religious tourist destination.To reach those religious places one can go from the main point of the city. The clock tower built in the middle of dharan city is the center of attraction of this city which further attracts tourists to visit there.From that clock tower various religious places in dharan can be visited. Hindus devotees especially go to visit the panchakanya temple,pindeshwor temple, budha subba temple,dantakali temple, bishnupaduka temple and pathibhara temple in bhedetar.Hindus devotees especially from nepal and india come to visit and visit these places in dharan city.If you continue straight east from the the clock tower you will reach pindeshwor temple.From here there is a small road to the east to pindeshwor which you can reach in 5 minutes by motercycle.After a little further from dharan market two roads to pindeshwor are visible.From the left lane in the middle of the two roads pindeshwor temple can be reached. Religious places are located on the vijayapur hill east of the main point of the market in dharan city.Usually water is brought from the chatara river and offered here.A big fair is also held here in the month of shrawan.Daily worship is performed here and this temple is often very crowded.On the right you can see a statue of an animal called basaha.There is a another temple nearby which is always crowded.There is also a daily worship there.This place is a temple within a temple and there is also a temple of goddess bhagawati near this temple.There is a big pillar nearby which looks very beautiful.During the month of shrawan it is customary to offer water brought from the saptakoshi river and the kokaha river to lord shiva.The glory of pindeshwar is also mentioned in the himavat section skanda mythology.It is also believed that when the gods and demons were performing a churned in the ocean a bowl of nectar emerged from the ocean.It is described that after churning the ocean the gods and demons brought a bowl of nectar that emerged from the ocean and installed a shivalinga there.Lord shankar is worshipped in this temple especially in the month of shrawan,shivaratri festival,bala chaturdashi festival and a special fair is also held during the teej festival which is celebrated by nepali hindu women.The unlimited fire is burning in the pindeshwor temple should never be extinguished.If the unlimited fire goes out next fire should be brought from the ramdhuni and lit.If the unlimited fire of ramdhuni goes out fire eill be taken from pindeshwor temple and lit in ramdhuni.A unique feature of pindeshwor is that there is an old bell here.That bell was installed in this pindeshwor by bhimsen temple thapa.General bhimsen thapa is written next to this bell.There is another bell on which only 1902 is written. The other letters seem to have been erased.
After reaching pindeshwor temple and walking around there are two paths leading to dantakali and budha subba temple.From there the middle path on the right leads to budha subba temple and other path leads to dantakali temple. Dantakali temple is one kilometer away from here.The place where dantakali temple is located is said to be the place where dantakali’s tooth fell out in mythology.It is believed that when lord shiva was carrying the dead body of goddess satyadevi the tooth of goddess satyadevi fell out at this place.Therefore this dantakali temple is believed to be established as the power of satyadevi.This temple is located in the middle of vijayapur hill.A big fair is also held here on the full moon day of magh month.An object is kept inside this temple as a symbol of satyadevi’s tooth.That object is worshipped as a power.It is said that if anyone takes videos and photographs in this primises of this temple they wiil die of bloodshed.From the temple you can see all the beautiful views of dharan city.After going a little further you can see the football symbol of vijayapur chowk.Some people who come to visit dharan city should go to budha subba temple through this chowk.After going a little further you should turn right and then you will reach budha subba temple.There is a good arrangement of vehicle parking inside the temple.The special religious place of this temple is the bamboo groves.The bamboos in those groves do not have any tips.It is said that this budha subba and his sister used to hunt with a slingshot in the vijayapur mountain.At that time it is believed that the budha subba brok these bamboo tips shoots by shooting with slingshot.It is said that since that day crows have not come to the vijayapur hill and the bamboo.There is also a saying that crows do not live in bamboo because budha subba broke all the bamboo tips with his slingshot.Specifically couples who come to visit the budha subba temple in vijayapur used to write their name on the bamboo.It is believed that when couples write their names on the bamboo in this way their love relationship will be successful.After the bamboos started dying after writing their names on the bamboo the tradition of writing names on the bamboo poles was stoped.Now instead of writing names on the bamboo there is a custom of tying a thread around the bamboo.It is believed that coming to this place and tying a thread around the bamboo will make the love of the newly married couple successful.Budha subba temple is an important temple of the kiranti community.Hindu devotees come to this temple and worship him as a kiranteshwor mahadeva.There is also a ascetic place of budha subba inside this temple.There are two temples within the budha subba temple complex.The temple on the south side belongs to budha subba and the temple on the north side belongs to his sister subbini.What is clear from this is that budha subba temple can be said to be a reliable religious place for newlyweds. Friends how did you like the information about dharsn city and its tourist places.If you any shortcomings in the information given about dharan city and its tourist places please comment in the box.
