Hollywood of Nepal 'Chobar'

Chobar is also known as the Hollywood of Nepal as many movies is shot in this place. This peaceful place is located at 8 km from Kathmandu. Chobar is derived from the two words Cho- up and bar means Vihars which means Viharas up in the hills. Chobar is famous for its gorge, cave and park. It is believed that Once Kathmandu was a lake and Manjushree, Hindu God who cut the gorge at the Chobar to make a plain land. This park is surrounded by landscape of beauty. Many families comes to spend their weekend. Local people all over the valley comes to spent their leisure time in this park. The caves of this park are the South Asians longest cave. All the water of the valley river called Bagmati drains through the Chobar Gorge. The birds when they fly over the gorges, it looks amazing. There is a suspension bridge which connects the two valleys. When we walk from the hanging bridge, and when we look down it gives you the thrilling experience. We can also see the opposite side of valley with working farmers in the fields. The cool breeze which passes over the hills will give you relief from distress. The view of fascinating hills and gorges will make you forget all the problems in life. We can also see a panoramic view of Kathmandu Valley with snow-capped Mountains if weather is clear. In the evening we can see the beautiful sunset over the valley. At the top of Chobar hills there is an Aadinath temple, which is another attraction. If we go in festival time we may get chance to see many Devotees. There is one Gumba at the top of the hill and a Militeray Camp. From the top of the hills, we can see the other part of Kathmandu, Pharping way through Hathiban. There is one old Peepal tree and a temple. That tree is hung of many colorful bottles. From there you can see panoramic view of the whole Kathmandu valley from Pharping, Kirtipur, Sayambhu and Bhaisi party. At the south part we have Jalvinayak Temple which is one of the famous Ganesh Shrines in Kathmandu which was built in 1602. The Jal Vinayak is derived from the Ganesh Temple Jal “water” and Vinayak means one who endowed with all features of leader i.e. Nayak. Vinayak is also a name of Lord Ganesh. Near that Temple there is a rock shaped like elephant head that gives a look like Lord Ganesha. The mustard flowers over the valley transform the landscape into a yellow carpet. The local typical houses of these places gives you the taste of Nepali Culture.