Nala - Lokeshvara Mandir

Situated on the perimeter of the village is a Buddhist shrine dedicated to Lokeshvara, or Karunamaya. The white-faced idol, magnificently arrayed and bearing a crown, shows an unmistakable resemblance to the Shveta Matsyendranath in Kathmandu. The inhabitants of Nala being almost exclusively Hindu, the Buddhist Lokeshvara had few followers, as a result of which the temple was long neglected. Kathmandu's Buddhist community recently resolved to revive the shrine and financed its restoration, since when a procession takes place there annually.