File:Muktinath Dham 108 Dhara Muktinath Dham Dhungedhara SAnghu Godawari Lalitpur Nepal Rajes Dhungana (19).jpg

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A very attractive 108 Dhara Muktinath Dham located in Dhungedhara Sanghu of Godavari Municipality Ward No. 1 of Lalitpur District. This temple is located 14 km from Ratnapark in Kathmandu and 2 km from Thaiva in Godavari municipality towards the east. This place is called the legendary Dhungasaghu. Where now Dhamile Khola ie Gomti Khola with mythological name is flowing. There was a legendary stone Sanghu in this river, but after the Sanghu was destroyed, a small concrete bridge was built. There is also a big bridge near it. 108 Dhara Muktinath Dham temple near this bridge. There are 108 holy and clean streams flowing in this temple. The water of the religious Gayatri Kund, located at a distance of 700 meters from the temple, is mixed with this flowing stream. The idol of Muktinath inside this temple is 30 inches high, the famous Muktinath idol of Mustad.g is 3 feet tall. The statue of Muktinath has four arms in this cast statue in padyamasana posture. He is holding a chakra in his right hand and a conch shell in his left hand. Crowned by 9 serpents, the head bears an artistic crown. To the right of the idol of Muktinath is the idol of Saraswati and to the left is the idol of Lord Lakshmi. This idol was made by the sculptor of Tasin Chowk, Jharuvasi of Godavari Municipality, giving it an artistic look. In the Muktinath temple complex, there are Ganesha Temple, Pashupati Temple, Ram Janaki Temple, Saptashrishi, Suryanarayan, Vasuki Nag, Stone Parvati, Big Trishul and Damru etc. Also in the center of the holy water fountain is a very attractive statue of Lord Shiva who can be seen bathing in the water fountain. Devotees take pictures at this place. The Muktinath temple looks very attractive with this Shiva idol due to the water fountain. There is a popular belief that bathing in the 108 streams will lead to salvation. According to Himavatkhandpuran, bathing in 108 streams on the day of Jyeshtha Shukla Dashami Dussehra or Maghe Sankranti will destroy all the sins committed in previous births, and it is also believed that even though the hell has gone, the ancestors will be freed immediately by the offerings made in this area. Shiv Thapa, secretary of the construction committee, said that the locals spent a week here from 18th to 26th of November 2007 to build 108 streams first. In this regard, 108 streams were laid. After that, when the statue of Muktinath is placed at the place where there is 108 Dhara, the old devotees who cannot go to Muktinath of Mustad.G will come and offer prayers and the wish of such devotees will be fulfilled. Formed. After that, the committee started the construction work. According to Radhakrishna Karki, Chairman of the Toll Reform Committee, an estimated cost of 14.2 million was spent to build this temple. In which 1.5 million was collected from Godavari Municipality, 2.4 million from Bagmati Province, 1.0 million from Ward Office. Different people made the stones in the temple from the donations of the local residents. The construction work of this temple started in January 2075 and was completed on October 25, 2078. Currently, the area occupied by the temple is more than 13 annas of land. There is 30 acres of land near this temple. Radhakrishna Karki, chairman of the Toll Reform Committee, said that while the land was given to the temple committee to take care of, in the future, a proper parking lot, toilets, etc. will be built on this land. In this temple of Muktinath daily morning Nitya Pooja and evening Aarti are performed by the Brahmin priests of the temple. On a normal day, at least more than 100 devotees visit this temple. More devotees are coming to this temple on Saturdays and holidays. Now the month of Shravan is considered as the month of Shiva, so every Monday there is a huge crowd of devotees in this temple. Devotees perform prayers here on Mondays and sing devotional hymns to Shiva and dance and rejoice. Seeing the beauty of the temple, there is a crowd of people taking pictures. This region is full of natural resources and beauty and has a very beautiful, clean environment. This temple is located in the gorge of Hariya Danda on both sides of the river. It is also called a religious place because there are various other temples, religious places, kundas in this area. It is also called a tourist spot as there are many tourist spots here. Since the temple was established here, the business has also flourished as there has been a huge crowd of devotees. According to 74 Bashirya devotees Ganga Paudel, Mustad.'s Muttimnath darshan was not possible. As he was very happy to see Muktinath Dham here and bathe in the holy 108 streams, he also thanked the committee that built this Dham for doing such a holy work and said that old people like us got to see Muktinath and bathe in 108 holy streams. The management committee is thinking of making the temple complex even more beautiful.

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