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Tour in Lumbini

Horders of travellers hurry through this ancient part of the Tarai,west of Chiwan;few take the time to look around.It's best known,unfairly,for Sonauli,the main tourist border crossing between Nepal and India.Yet only 20km away is not of Nepal's premier destinations,Lumbini:the birth place of the Buddha and the site of ruins going back almost three thousand years.two highways-the Siddhartha and the Mahe

Tansen (palpa)
TansenTansen is just off the Siddhartha Hwy,between Pokhara and Sunauli.HIs torically, it has enjoyed a strategic position on the trade and pilgirm route between the hills and the plains.
Tensen is still the administrative centre for a large region, but it sees few visitors, and is increasingly sidelined by the devlopment on the terai and at Pokhara.
The tawn sprawals over a steep ridge,and quite a few of the main streets are too steep for cars,which helps to keep some of the less pleasant aspects of the 21st century at bay.In the older sections of the town,attractive Newari buildings line cobbled streets.
Most of the surrounding countryside is dominated by Magars,But there are also Bahuns and Chhetris.Newars from the Majority in Tansen itself.They migrated from the Kathmandu Valley to take advantage of trade opportunities with India that opened up in the 19th century-traditional crafts and agriculture surpluses were trade for the products of the British industrial revolution,especially cotton fabrics.Tansen is still famous for metalware and dhaka,the hand-woven material that is made into topis(Nepali hats ).Amar Narayan Temple,Tensen durbar,Bhagwati Temple,Srinagar Danda it is really really nice place of the Tensan palpa.

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