Ranighat

A most delightful short trek goes from Tansen across the Srinagar Danda into the Kali Gandaki Valley. About 7 km (41/2 mi.) along the way an abandoned Rana palace rises among the trees of the wooded valley bottom. The vast building, designed by British engineers and constructed by Nepalese soldiers, was erected in 1896 in memory of the wife of a Tansen Rana governor. Used for a short while as a summer residence and for entertaining guests, it fell into disrepair when the governor lost favor.