Nepal - Pilgrimages and Temples

Religious Traditions of Nepal:

- Shakti Peetha → Mithila (Mithila Shakti Peetha) - Kathmandu Guhyeshwari (Nepala Shakti Peetha) - Muktinath (Gandaki Shakti Peetha)
- Swayam Vyakta Kshetra → Muktinath
- Divya Desam → Muktinath (Thirusalagramam)

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1.

Sita Tradition of Nepal:
(Valmiki Ramayana)

• Mithila → Devi Sita incarnated from Bhoomi (Earth) in Mithila (Bihar side of Mithila). Devi Sita married Sri Rama in Mithila during the swayamvara ceremony (Nepal side of Mithila).

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2.

Rama Tradition of Nepal:
(Valmiki Ramayana)

• Mithila → Sri Rama delivered Devi Ahalya from the curse of sage Gautama on the Upavana of Mithila (Bihar side of Mithila). Sri Rama broke the bow of Lord Shiva during the swayamvara ceremony and married Devi Sita in Mithila (Nepal side of Mithila).

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3.

Shiva Tradition of Nepal:
(Nepala Mahatmya)

• Kathmandu Pashupatinath → Lord Shiva abides in Kathmandu as Lord Pashupatinath.

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4.

Devi Tradition of Nepal:
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)
(Nepala Mahatmya)

• Mithila → Devi abides in Mithila as Mithila Shakti Peetha (identified with Uchaith Bhagavati, Begusarai Jayamangala and Saharsa Ugratara).

• Kathmandu Guhyeshwari → Devi abides in Kathmandu as Nepala Shakti Peetha (identified with Devi Guhyeshwari).
- In ancient times Lord Shiva roamed as a deer and Devi Parvati as a doe in the Shleshmantaka Forest.

• Muktinath → Devi abides in Muktinath as Gandaki Shakti Peetha.

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5.

Vishnu Tradition of Nepal:

• Muktinath → Lord Vishnu abides in Muktinath (which a Swayam Vyakta Kshetra) as Sri Chakrapani.