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Museums Attractions In Pokhara

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Pokhara is a metropolitan city in Nepal. It is the country's second largest city in terms of population after the capital Kathmandu since Pokhara and Lekhnath were merged to create Pokhara Lekhnath Metropolitan City in May 2017. It is the provincial capital of Gandaki Pradesh and headquarters of Kaski District. Pokhara is located 200 kilometres west of the capital Kathmandu. The altitude varies from 827 metres in the southern part to 1,740 metres in the north. The Annapurna Range with three of the ten highest mountains in the world — Dhaulagiri, Annapurna I and Manaslu — is within 15–35 mi of the valley. Due to its proximity to the Annapurna moun...
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Museums Attractions In Pokhara

  • 1. International Mountain Museum Pokhara
    The International Mountain Museum is a museum located in Pokhara, Nepal.
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  • 2. Gurkha Memorial Museum Pokhara
    The Gurkhas or Gorkhas with endonym Gorkhali are soldiers native to the Indian subcontinent of Nepalese nationality and ethnic Nepalis of Indian nationality recruited for the British Army, Nepalese Army, Indian Army, Gurkha Contingent Singapore, Gurkha Reserve Unit Brunei, UN peacekeeping force and war zones around the world. Historically, the terms Gurkha and Gorkhali were synonymous with Nepali, which originates from the hill principality Gorkha Kingdom, from which the Kingdom of Nepal expanded under Prithivi Narayan Shah. The name may be traced to the medieval Hindu warrior-saint Guru Gorakhnath who has a historic shrine in Gorkha. The word itself derived from Go-Raksha , raksha becoming rakha . Rakhawala means protector and is derived from raksha as well. Ethnically, Gurung, Magar and ...
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