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Personality Of Kathmandu - Charming And Beautiful

It is hard to find words that do justicecity's meteoric rise to fame began in
to wonderful Kathmandu. One ridge away1769 when Gurkha king Prithvi Narayan
from the highest mountains in the world,Shah swept eastwards from his base at
and thronged by a million Hindus andGorkha, conquering the towns on the
Buddhists, this pricely city is thevalley rim and isolating Kathmandu.
archetypal mountain kingdom - mystical,Bhaktapur and Patan from the outside
magical and arcane. Temples loom out ofworld. This marked the start of the
the mist around every corner and thegolden age of Kathmandu architecture -
cobbled streets resound with thetemple-strewn Durbar Square has barely
chanting of mantras and the chiming ofchanged since. As the city grew, the
temple bells. At dusk, the city isnatural fortifications of the valley
transformed into a cut-out of stupas,walls became a hindrance rather an
prayer flags and temple spires. Onasset. Everything has to be trekked in
clear days, a wall of snow-coveredfrom the plains of India and builders
mountains rises behind Kathmandu andhad nowhere to go but up, explaining the
eagles soar majestically overhead on therather chaotic skyline of leaning brick
high Tibetan winds - it is like thetowers. Politics also played a role in
special effects from The Lord of theKathmandu's status of suspended
Rings, but right there, alive in theanimation. From 1816 to 1950, Nepal was
real world. The main reason forcompletely cut off from the outside
Kathmandu's remarkable state ofworld, vanishing into legend as another
preservation is its unique geographicalforbidden kingdom of the Himalaya. The
situation. There are only two roads outSwiss explorer Toni Hagen was the first
of the Kathmandu Valley, one going northEuropean allowed in and walked all over
to Lhasa in Tibet and the other windingthe country, setting a precedent for the
down to the Terai plains - a five hour200,000 trekkers who now visit every
journey to cover a distance of 50year.
kilometers. Historically, this wasTangopang is a frequent traveler with
Kathmandu best defense against foreignarticles at Before your next travel to
invaders. Unlike India and Tibet, NepalNepal, visit Nepal Holiday Travel Guide
was never conquered by the British. Thefor more tips.



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