Unknown but Beautiful places in Nepal....Swargadwari

Swargadwari lies in Pyuthan district.According to Hindu Mythology, Pancha Pandava, on their way to Heaven, had performed some religious rituals in the area of Swargadwari in Pyuthan District. So, the place is called Swargadwari, meaning " The Way to Heaven ".

Maha Prabhu Swami Hansananda Giri, born in Rolpa district in 1860, showed some miraculous behaviors when he was six days old by fasting in his childhood as a penance for his mother's diet of meat.

Then, after he got sagedom in 1886, the Swami started blessing the infertile couple making them fertile and fortune telling. Later, the sage Giri, in 1894 moved to Swarga dwari with his followers and build a Shiva Temple and Yagya Sala, place for performing rituals.

Swargadwari , offering panoramic views in a tranquil and peaceful surroundings, has been the ground for continuous " Akhanda Maha Yagya", a great religious ceremony for the last 113 years. The God, Brihaspati from Heaven is supposed to arrive and complete the Maha Yagya. Hundreds of sages and their hermitages, cows, Sadhu etiquettes, Agni Kunda etc. are the other attractions which spark a spiritual and religious fervor in visitors.

It is a must see destination for Hindu pilgrims too. When ever we talk about Swargadwari Temple , we talk about the Guru Maharaj and his disciples of Swargadwari. Swargadwari Guru Maharaj was an incarnation of god. He spent most of his life in Swargadwari with his disciples. There were also thousands of milking cows in Swargadwari at that time which Guru Maharaj himself use to shepherd during the day. There is an account of some of his followers trying to follow Guru Maharaj to check where he took all those cows. But they never could find him or his cows. They referred to the team as "just to fast to catch up". So no one ever knew where Guru Maharaj used to go during the day with his cows.

Before he left his physical body, he gave some of his divine power to a few of his disciples. On the day Guru Maharaj left his soul by his own wish, a number of people gathered around the Samadhi place. Then he left his own body after bidding good by to his disciples and other followers. Swami Guru Maharaj's favorite cow also died at the same instant as The Guru left his body and headed to somewhere else. After he left his body, within few days, all cows began to disappear in a miraculous way. There is an account of people seeing the cows emptying all of their milk at the Samadhi spot by themselves at the same time of the day everyday.

Unknown But Beautiful Places In Nepal....Jiri

Jiri (जिरी) is a village development committee in Dolakha District in the Janakpur Zone of north-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 7138 people living in 1508 individual households.

Jiri lies at an altitude of 1,905 metres (6,250 feet) and is the eastern-most terminus of the highway coming from Kathmandu. Bus service is available from Kathmandu but the 184 km ride takes 6 to 8 hours due to narrow, winding roads and checkpoints along the high-way(until 2006). A company of the Nepal Army is stationed in town and visitors' equipment and backpacks might be searched. There are a number of lodges available along either side of the main road mainly in Jiri Bazaar.

Jiri is said to have established in 1938 by the Swiss. The name "Jiri" actually came from the city Zurich in Switzerland.

As the closest roadhead, Jiri is now the trailhead for many treks into the Mount Everest region. The trek to Lukla will take seven or eight days. Few people actually begin a trek from Jiri anymore, as only 5% of all trekkers who attempt the difficult trek to Everest Base Camp start at Jiri. The other 95% choose to fly into the small airstrip at Lukla, thus cutting off a week of difficult but beautiful trekking.

Although the trailhead from Jiri into Sagarmatha National Park is referred to as the "classic route to Everest", the original trailhead actually began at Kathmandu. All early Everest expeditions—including the one led by John Hunt that put Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on the summit—passed through Jiri. So Jiri is also called the "Gateway to Mt. Everest".

Jiri is the home of an ethnic group called the Jirels.