2024

VARAHI MANDIR - BASUNDHARA PARK

Parks and gardens

Housed on a small island near the Ratna Mandir (royal palace), the Hindu temple Varahi is the most famous temple in Pokhara. Built in a two-roofed pagoda style in the 18th century, it is dedicated to Vishnu in his incarnation as a boar. To get there, take a canoe from the local bus stop at Lakeside. On the shore, the Basundhara Park is a small park overlooking a portion of the lake: a very small patch of green very pleasant in case of heat,

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