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Manakamana Temple

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Manakamana Temple

To get to this temple that's more than 700 years old, you have to climb a winding 12 kilometer hike. Getting to the top of the mountain where the village of Manakamana is isn't easy. This village is about 100 kilometers west of Kathmandu and you can take a bus there from the capital. The truth is that you will reach the Manakamana cable car station, which is an amazing way to get there in just 15 minutes. At the top of the hill you'll find the temple. I was lucky, as many others in Nepal were, to go the same day they were making an offering to a Hindu god. The main religion is Buddhism, although

The two coexist here in harmony, so it is at least unusual, this kind of ceremonies in this Buddhist country so where BUDDHA say he was born in Nepal.
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Manakamana

MANAKAMANA

Por la carretera Pritvi, vía principal hacia Pokhara y a medio camino entre Benighat y Mugling, se llega al diminuto pueblo de Hugdi y luego a la pequeña aldea de Cheres a 6 km, donde se coge un teleférico, de ingeniería austriaca, que asciende por la escarpada ladera hasta el templo de Manakamana (uno de los más importantes de los montes medios), en él los recién casados le piden a la diosa Bhagwati hijos varones. Para ello deben sacrificar una cabra, un pollo o una paloma en un pabellón ensangrentado situado detrás del templo. No he subido ninguna foto por no herir la sensibilidad de quien me siga. Una de las cabinas del teleférico se reserva para las cabras que van a ser sacrificadas. El teleférico que funciona desde las 9:00 a 12:00 y 13:00 a 17:00, se eleva más de 1.000 m en un recorrido de 2,5 km. Si se llega en sábado o día festivo, Manakamana desaparece bajo la multitud de peregrinos y el pavimento se enrojece por la sangre de los sacrificios. Si se dispone de tiempo vale la pena continuar ascendiendo unos 3 km hasta la cueva sagrada Lakhan Thapa Gufa, donde se divisa una magnífica panorámica del Himalaya.
For Prithvi highway, main road to Pokhara and halfway between Benighat and Mugling, you reach the tiny town of Hugdi and then to the small village of Cheres to 6 km, where you take a cable car, Austrian engineering, which ascends the steep slope to the Manakamana temple (one of the largest in the mountains means), it newlyweds ask to goddess Bhagwati sons. They must sacrifice a goat, a chicken or a dove in a bloody hall behind the temple. I have not uploaded any photos not to offend the sensibilities of those who follow me. One of the cable cars is reserved for goats will be sacrificed. The cable car runs from 9:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:00, rises more than 1,000 m in a distance of 2.5 km. If you arrive on a Saturday or holiday, Manakamana disappears into the crowd of pilgrims and the pavement is reddened by the blood of the sacrifices. If you have time it is worth continuing rising about 3 km to the sacred cave Lakhan Thapa Gufa, where a magnificent view of the Himalayas.
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