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Among the earliest references to Rani Pokhari is an account by Italian Jesuit Ippolito Desideri who visited Kathmandu in 1721 when Nepal was ruled by the Malla kings. He was travelling from Tibet to India , and has mentioned in his travelogue seeing a large pond outside the main city gate with flights of steps and banks sloping down to the water.
Time zones of South Asia, with Nepal Standard Time indicated. Nepal Standard Time (NPT) is the time zone for Nepal. [1] With a time offset from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) of UTC+05:45 all over Nepal, [2] [3] it is one of only three time zones with a 45-minute offset from UTC. [n 1] [4]
Rani Pokhari is opened once a year during the final day of Tihar i.e. Bhai Tika and Chhath festival. The world's largest Chhath takes place every year in Ranipokhari. The pond is one of Kathmandu's most famous landmarks and is known for its religious and aesthetic significance.
Ranipokhari, Nepal is a village development committee in Tanahu District in the Gandaki Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2984 people living in 510 individual households.
Of them the largest four, SIddha Pokhari (Taḥ pukhu), Naḥ pukhu, Bhājyā pukhu and Rani Pokhari (nhu pukhu) are located in the western part of the city and among them the largest one, Siddha Pokhari (Taḥ pukhu) measures 574×249 ft. [102] The two oldest known ponds of the city are Taḥ pukhu and Naḥ pukhu built in 1118 and 1168 ...
Pokhara (Nepali: पोखरा [ˈpokʰʌɾa]) is a metropolitan city located in central Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province and is declared as the tourism capital of Nepal. [4] It is the second most populous city of the nation after Kathmandu , with 599,504 inhabitants living in 120,594 households as of 2021 . [ 3 ]
Time zone: Nepal Time ; Extreme points of Nepal High: Mount Everest 8,848 m (29,029 ft) – highest point on Earth; Land boundaries: 2,926 km India 1,690 km China 1,236 km. Coastline: none; Nepal Geological Society; Population of Nepal: 29,609,623(2019 estimate) – 51st most populous country; Area of Nepal: 147,516 km 2; Atlas of Nepal
Tulsipur is a Sub-Metropolitan City in Dang District of Lumbini Province of Nepal.It is the district's second most populous city after Ghorahi.It was established in 1992 by merging the former village development committees (VDCs) Tulsipur and Amritpur.