Gokarneshwor
Sign in to saveGokarneshwor is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Sundarijal, Nayapati, Baluwa, Jorpati and Gokarna. The office of the municipality is that of the former Jorpati village development committee. The river Bagmati has its origin as the name Bagh Dwar situated in the middle of the Shivapuri jungle in this municipality.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Gokarneshwor
- Settlement.native_name
- गोकर्णेश्वर
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality (नगरपालिका)
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- 03 Gokarnashwar Mahadev Temple, Gokarna, Kathmandu.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 310px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Gokarna Mahadev Temple
- Settlement.mapsize
- 300px
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- Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal
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- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300px
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
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- Country
Key dates
- Inception
- 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Nepal
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Kathmandu District
- Population
- +107351
- Area
- +58.5
- Image
- Gokarna-08-Tempel-2007-gje.jpg
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Gokarneshwor is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Sundarijal, Nayapati, Baluwa, Jorpati and Gokarna. The office of the municipality is that of the former Jorpati village development committee. The river Bagmati has its origin as the name Bagh Dwar situated in the middle of the Shivapuri jungle in this municipality.
In the village on the banks of the Bagmati River stands the Gokarna Mahadev temple, built in 1582. There also lies the Kanti Bhairav temple, built in around 17th century during the reign of King Pratap Malla. In late August or early September people go to this temple to bathe and make offerings in honor of their fathers, living or dead, on a day called Gokarna Aunsi.