Sankhu
Sign in to savethumb|Sankhu an ancient town near Kathmandu, Nepal Sankhu (Nepal Bhasa: साँखु, alternative name: Sakwa (Nepal Bhasa: /सक्व)) is the ancient Newari town located in the north-eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley, about 17 km from the city center of Kathmandu. Mani-Yogini, one of the four Vajra Yoginis of Kathmandu Valley, resides here, and it is located along the historic trade route between Kathmandu and Lhasa. It is believed that the name Sakwa has two parts - Samdesh (Meaning Tibet) and Kvay (Meaning Below), together meaning a town below Tibet.
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Place details
- Locality
- चाँगुनारायण
- Region
- बागमती प्रदेश
- Country
- नेपाल
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Sankhu
- Settlement.other_name
- Sakwo(सक्व/𑐳𑐎𑐸𑐰)
- Settlement.native_name
- साँखु
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Nepal
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 300
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Nepal
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Bagmati Zone
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Kathmandu District
- Settlement.unit_pref
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Nepal
- Located in
- Kathmandu District
- Time zone
- UTC+05:45
- Image
- Sankhu Village.JPG
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Temples and Architecture
- The Eight Gates
- [[Bajrayogini Temple]]
- Swasthani Temple
- Festivals and pilgrimage
- Swasthani Barta Mela
- Festival of Vajrayogini
- Damage by earthquake
- Gallery
- Notes
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Sankhu an ancient town near Kathmandu, Nepal Sankhu (Nepal Bhasa: साँखु, alternative name: Sakwa (Nepal Bhasa: /सक्व)) is the ancient Newari town located in the north-eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley, about 17 km from the city center of Kathmandu. Mani-Yogini, one of the four Vajra Yoginis of Kathmandu Valley, resides here, and it is located along the historic trade route between Kathmandu and Lhasa. It is believed that the name Sakwa has two parts - Samdesh (Meaning Tibet) and Kvay (Meaning Below), together meaning a town below Tibet.
Sankhu was formerly divided into three Village Development Committee, namely, Pukhulachhi, Suntol and Bajrayogini. Recently the town of Sankhu has been declared as Shankharapur Municipality merging three above-mentioned VDCs and other neighbouring VDCs. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4333 living in 928 individual households. Sankhu lies between river Salinakhu (also Salinadi) in east and Asakhu in the west.