Bandipur

    Bandipur is a peak settlement in Tanahu District, (Gandaki Zone) of Nepal. As a result of its safeguarded, old fashioned social environment, Bandipur has progressively been going to the consideration of tourism. At the season of the 1991 Nepal statistics it had a populace of 9952 individuals living in 1929 individual family units. Bandipur is a pleasant town settled in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal, an area as celebrated for its characteristic magnificence concerning the accommodation of its kin. Bandipur lies halfway between the capital Kathmandu and Pokhara, another well known visitor destination.

     Arranged on a peak over the roadway town of Dumre, Bandipur dazzles the guest with its social advance and immaculate view. This Newar town has kept up its age-old flavor, and presents tourists with an overwhelming blend of history, building design, inconceivable perspectives, marvelous hollows and pristine scenes. Bandipur is situated at 27.56 N, 84.25 E and a height of 1030m on a mountain saddle (Mahabharat range) pretty nearly 700m over the Marsyangdi River Valley, 143 km toward the west of Kathmandu and 80 km toward the east of Pokhara. Since 1998 it is associated by a 8 km access street from Dumre (Kathmandu-Pokhara roadway).

    Bandipur has been portrayed as a characteristic perspective tower; without a doubt, one can appreciate a fantastic display of the whole Annapurna Range in addition to the tops of Dhaulagiri, Manaslu and Langtang from here. Aside from the staggering perspectives of the Himalaya and the Marsyangdi Valley, a visit to the town is a chance to get a nearby take a gander at Newar social life. Bandipur is a station of the refined progress of the Kathmandu Valley, and it is a perfect retreat to absorb this astonishing legacy alongside the regular magnificence of the environment. With its shifted attractions extending from the imaginative to the picturesque, Bandipur allures guests of all hobbies to come and find something for oneself.

    In the 1970s, exchanging fell into a lofty decrease with the development of the Kathmandu Pokhara parkway. For specialized reasons it was sensibly inherent the Marsyangdi valley, leaving Bandipur confined up on the mountain. Notwithstanding that, as an aftereffect of its poor availability, Bandipur lost significance in light of the fact that the locale home office of Tanahu were moved to Damauli. The tradesmen of Bandipur were compelled to move down to Dumre and numerous even left for the Terai; Bandipur turned a semi-apparition town. The populace declined extensively.

     On two events Bandipur has seen some turmoil. The individuals were not effectively and promptly evaded by the development of the street and battled for an alternate course in the arranging procedure. In the 1970s, when the first exhibitions for vote based system occurred in Nepal, the populace of Bandipur raged the little army. A few individuals were slaughtered and the warriors fled. Once more, when the region central command were to be moved, the individuals showed and possessed the organization. The common workers fled amid the night. Indeed, even the ruler was flown in by helicopter to quiet the circumstance. Be that as it may, the decay of the little town couldn't be returned. A few relics of its well off past remain. Albeit numerous houses are in awful repair, the ordinary Newari construction modeling is saved. A particular part of Bandipur's primary road is a secured veranda stretching out along just about the whole length on the northern side. The vast majority of the structures still have little shops in them. The slate pieces in the principle road have been demolished by substantial vehicles, for which they were not made, but rather they can at present be made out along the edges and in the littler back streets. The library still exists and was precisely remodeled in 2000. In the past a Magar town, Bandipur today is settled by a mixture of Nepali ethnicities with diverse convictions: the Bahuns, the Chettris, the Newars, the Damais, Kamis, Sarkis, Kasais, the Magars and Gurungs. one school is their in Bandipur notredam school is a superior route for instruction to giving to individuals.

    Its medium height, fantastic perspective of the Himalayas (Dhaulagiri, Annapurna, Manaslu, Ganesh, Langtang Himal, Mount Manakamana, the Marsyangdi Valley, and Gorkha with its high roosting castle), moderately simple availability and, obviously, old Newari town energy, make Bandipur a fascinating visitor site from which a couple of guesthouses and an inn at the northern end of the Tundikhel attempt to advantage. It may well be that the separation of Bandipur spared the Newari construction modeling of its structures which generally would have been supplanted by faceless current sorts found in numerous different towns of Nepal. The different Newari and Magar celebrations, which as of not long ago have been held for own reasons a few times each year, can likewise be of enthusiasm to vacationers. Sorathi and Chutka moves are exceptionally famous. Because of the separation and poor availability of a number of the home towns of understudies at Bandipur schools various houses have been transformed into lodgings. Numerous Magar and Gurung men serve as Gurkha warriors.

    Different attractions incorporate the Bindyabashini sanctuary and the library in the town focus, Thani Mai, Tindhara, Three Taps, washing spot at the southeastern edges), Raniban (Queen's Forest), the declining trek to the Siddha Cave and a climb to Ramkot town. On Mukundeswari, the height at the western end of the seat is a little hallowed place and one has a perspective of Bandipur itself. A few villagers have gotten developing oranges, which do entirely well in the atmosphere of that zone. An hours stroll toward the west of Bandipur is a silk ranch.