Doleshwar Mahadev Tour (Missing Head of Kedarnath)

Detail Itinerary

Day 01: Kathmandu Arrival
Welcome to Nepal. You will meet by Sharma Tours & Travels representative at airport and transfer to your hotel. After the arrival, we will give briefing about your trip. If you have any questions or doubts about your trip should be asked and clarified at this time. In evening leisure, overnight stay at Kathmandu. 

Day 02: Doleshwor Mahadev Tour
After breakfast, we start an interesting tour around Kathmandu city. Escorting by an English speaking guide (we can provide any language speaking guide on your request), try to give them a full taste of our culture, heritage and local people. In our sightseeing tour we go to Doleshwar Mahadev (Head of Kedarnath), World Tallest Shiva Statue and Bhaktapur Durbar Squire. 

Doleshwor Mahadev: This abode of Lord Shiva is located at Jangam math in Sipadol village, near Bhaktapur. For the last 4,000 years, devotees have been searching for the missing head of Lord Kedarnath, who assumed the form of a bull in a pastime with the five Pandava brothers. In recent years it was determined by temple priests that the deity at Doleshwar was indeed the missing head of Kedarnath Bull.
After the Battle of Kurukshetra, the Pandavas renounced their kingdom and departed for the high Himalayas. Upon reaching the Kedarnath region, they wished to seek for giveness from Lord Shiva for the loss of lives that took place during the 18-day war. But Lord Shiva was not ready to forgive them, and he took the form of a bull in order to avoid them. The Pandavas soon realized that the bull was Shiva himself, and tried to stop it from running away by pulling on his tail. Suddenly the head became separated from the body of the bull, and the Pandavas were unable to find the head.

Bhaktapur Durbar Square: Much of Bhaktapur Durbar Square was destroyed in the 1934 earthquake and appears much emptier than those of Kathmandu or Patan. Amongst its many attractions are substitute shrines for the four great Indian pilgrimage sites and the Golden Gate. This is the most famous piece of art in all Nepal, an exquisite monument of gilded metalwork constructed in 1753. In Evening leisure, overnight stay at Hotel. 

Day 03: Kathmandu Sightseeing
After breakfast, we start an interesting tour around Kathmandu city. Escorting by an English speaking guide (we can provide any language speaking guide on your request), try to give them a full taste of our culture, heritage and local people. In our sightseeing tour we go to Pashupatinath Temple, Bouddhanath Stupa, Jal Narayan Temple and Swoyambhunath Stupa.

Pashupatinath Temple:  Dedicated to Lord Shiva, this is Nepal’s most sacred Hindu shrine and one of the subcontinent’s great Shiva sites. The supreme holiness of the site stems from the Shiva linga enshrined in its main temple. It expresses the very essence of Hinduism as pilgrims, priests, devotes, temples, ashrams, images, inscriptions and cremation ghats intermingle with the rituals of daily life, all sprawled along the banks of the sacred Bagmati River. The temple’s origins are obscure. An inscription here dates from 477 AD, but the shrine may have stood there for 1000 years before that. 

Bouddhanath Stupa: This great stupa is one of Nepal’s most distinctive monuments and one of the most important Buddhist sites in Nepal. With a diameter of over 100 meters, it is amongst the largest stupas in the world. There are a number of legends accounting for the stupa’s construction, but it is generally believed to date from the 5th century. All stupas contain holy relics and Bouddha is said to contain the remains of the past Buddha Kasyapa.

Jaal Narayan (Budhanilkantha): Jaal Narayan popularly known as Budhanilkantha about 12 km north of Kathmandu, at the Shivapuri foothills is the largest Vishnu lying on a coiled five headed serpent carved in a single stone. Jalasaya Narayan is Lord Vishnu for Vaisnavas, Lord Shiva for Shivas, and Lord Buddha for Buddhists. This outstanding artwork of Lichhavi sculptures dates back to some 1500 years.

Swayambhunath Stupa:  6.5 kilometers west of Kathmandu, this great temple is just on the outskirts of Kathmandu. No one actually knows who built it. Many believe that the Lichavis constructed it while others believe that emperor Asoka had already visited it in the 3rd century.  The Swayambhunath complex consists of a giant Stupa, a large ensemble of shrines and temples, and also includes a Tibetan monastery, a museum and a library. This site has two access points: a long stairway, claimed to have 365 steps, leading directly to the main platform of the temple, which is from the top of the hill to the east; and a car road around the hill from the south leading to the southwest entrance. The first sight on reaching the top of the stairway is the Vajra. In Evening leisure, overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 04: Dakshinkali Tour
You have breakfast, and then drive to Dakshinkali Temple, which takes about 3 hours.
Dakshinkali Temple: Dakshinkali Temple is one of the very important places of pilgrimage about Hindu goddess, Pilgrims visit this temple to offer their prayers and animal sacrifices to the goddess Kali. Apart from the religious performance this place has also been developed as a popular picnic spot.
The shrine is especially crowded on Tuesdays and Saturdays when animal sacrifices are offered to the deity. Sesh Narayan: while we be returning then we will be visit Sesh Narayan it also much more interesting places. In Evening dinner with Nepalese cultural program, overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 05: Manakamana Tour
You have breakfast in the morning then departure to Manakamana, approximately 3 hours away by private vehicle. Manakamana temple can be visit by cable car it is a 1,302-m above sea level. The deity is one of the manifestations of the Hindu Goddess Bhagawati it is believed to have the power to fulfill wishes. It is one of the most popular pilgrimage sites in Nepal. After Manakamana Visit drive back to Kathmandu. Overnight stay at Hotel.

Day 06: Final Departure
After breakfast you will have some free time until the time to leave the international airport for final departure.