Pokhara - Bindya Basini Mandir

The Bindya Basini Temple, also damaged in the 1949 fire, stands on a pleasantly green hillside site. Noteworthy on religious rather than architectural grounds, its principal shrine is dedicated to the goddess Bhagwati who, on Saturdays, receives many sacrifices. The temple and its environs throng with Hindu families making a party of the gory ritual. Figures of the present royal couple, King Birendra Shah and his wife, top the founder's column in the courtyard.