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Kathmandu Valley
• Sacred Geography:
• Pilgrimages:
•
Kathmandu Valley (
Nepal):
▬
Bagmati (586 km) flows
-
Pashupatinath
-
Guhyeshwari (
Shakti Peetha)

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Kathmandu Pashupatinath (Shleshmantaka Forest) (1400 m)
(Kathmandu district, Nepal)
- The temple can be visited from Kathmandu (4 km).
▬ River
Bagmati flows →
Pashpatinath Mandir Ghat (Aarti)
(
Kathmandu Valley)
(
Nepala Mahatmya)
- Lord Shiva abides in Kathmandu as Lord Pashupatinath.
- In ancient times Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe in the Shleshmantaka Forest.

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Kathmandu Guhyeshwari (Shleshmantaka Forest) (1400 m)
(Kathmandu district, Nepal)
- The temple can be visited from Kathmandu (4 km).
▬ River
Bagmati flows →
Pashpatinath Mandir Ghat (Aarti)
(
Kathmandu Valley)
(
Nepala Mahatmya)
(
Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)
- Devi abides in Kathmandu as Nepala Shakti Peetha (identified with Devi Guhyeshwari).
- In ancient times Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe in the Shleshmantaka Forest.