Manakamana Temple

The legend of Manakamana divinity dates back to the reign of the Gorkha king Ram Shah throughout the seventeenth century. it's aforementioned that his queen possessed divine powers, that solely her follower Lakhan Thapa knew concerning. One day, the king witnessed his queen in divinity incarnation, and Lakhan Thapa within the style of a lion. As per the custom of that point, the queen committed Sati (ritual immolation) on her husband’s mound. Before, her sati the queen had assured Lakhan Thapa that she would appear within the close to future. Six months later, a farmer whereas tilling his fields cleaved  flow positioning became the inspiration of the current shrine. in line with tradition, the priest at the temple should be a descendent of Lakhan Thapa.
After the black earthquake in 1934, Manakamana’s southwest portion began to tilt. the doorway to the temple has digressed from its silver frame and also the wood frames are decaying. 2 large black picket pillars supporting the temple have conjointly shifted positions, inflicting the temple to incline. Mice and cockroaches are often seen crawl on the temple premises. The earthquake on Nov thirteen, 2011 with its geographical point in northeast Gorkha additional weakened the temple’s structure as a result of that the temple base depressed into the bottom. The slopes next to the temple have two-faced varied mudslides making a threat to the temple.



However, a look officer at DoA declared that the temple is broken on the far side repair and should really be settled.

But, recently the District farm animal Service workplace, Gorkha has illegal the sacrifice of birds like pigeons, roosters, and ducks to call a couple of. Senior farm animal service officer Chhetra Bahadur K.C. aforementioned poultry sacrifice wouldn't be permissible till additional notice.

Manakamana darshan is most well liked throughout Dashain (Sept –Oct) and Nag Panchami (July –August) throughout which era devotees indicate as long as 5 to 10 hours to hope to divinity Bhagwati.