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Sundarijal
Sundarijal is a village and former Village Development Committee that is part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu district in Province No. 3 of central Nepal.
The name Sundarijal was derived from the term sundari, which means 'beautiful' and jal, which means 'water'.[citation needed] The river Bagmati, which originates in this region, has been the major source of water supply for Kathmandu valley since the Rana Dynasty. There is also a Hindu goddess, Sundarimai, with a temple dedicated to this name.
Sundarijal Hydropower Station, located at Sundarijal, 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Kathmandu with previous installed capacity of 640KW, now upgraded to 970 KW + 10% with fully customized automation from July 2021 under rehab works by contractor Power Mech Project Ltd. It has a kW and annual design generation of 4.77 GWh and was commissioned in 1934 in a grant from British government. It was Nepal's second oldest Hydropower Electricity Project then.
In 1960, leaders from the Nepali Congress party B.P. Koirala (then prime minister), Ganesh Man Singh, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Diwan Singh Rai, Ram Narayan Mishra, Yogendra Man Sherchan, and Jaman Singh Gurung were taken to Sundarijal Military Detention Camp. They were held there without trial for eight years due to their participation in the 1960 coup.
Sundarijal is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. It is located in west side of Gagalphedi, east of Nayapati and Baluwa, and north of Aalapot. Northern portion of Sundarijal is the forest that belongs to Shivapuri National Park. Further to the end of Shivapuri National Park the Village touches Nuwakot and Sindhulpalchok Districts.
Sundarijal covers an area of 5.18 square kilometres (2.00 sq mi). The Bagmati River flows through the village, where tributary rivers Shyalmati and Nagmati confluence with the Bagmati River. The Sundarimai temple is located at the confluence of Nagmati and Bagmati. Similarly, there is Shiva temple at the confluence of the Shyalmati and Bagmati.
The climate of Sundarijal is temperate. The average temperature in summer is 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) and 0 °C (32 °F) in winter.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Sundarijal had a population of 2,552 living in 547 individual households. For the 2001 census Sundarijal had a population of 2,586 in 444 individual households. Sixty percent of the townsfolk are Buddhist and 40% are Hindu.
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Sundarijal
Sundarijal is a village and former Village Development Committee that is part of Gokarneshwar Municipality in Kathmandu district in Province No. 3 of central Nepal.
The name Sundarijal was derived from the term sundari, which means 'beautiful' and jal, which means 'water'.[citation needed] The river Bagmati, which originates in this region, has been the major source of water supply for Kathmandu valley since the Rana Dynasty. There is also a Hindu goddess, Sundarimai, with a temple dedicated to this name.
Sundarijal Hydropower Station, located at Sundarijal, 15 km (9.3 mi) northeast of Kathmandu with previous installed capacity of 640KW, now upgraded to 970 KW + 10% with fully customized automation from July 2021 under rehab works by contractor Power Mech Project Ltd. It has a kW and annual design generation of 4.77 GWh and was commissioned in 1934 in a grant from British government. It was Nepal's second oldest Hydropower Electricity Project then.
In 1960, leaders from the Nepali Congress party B.P. Koirala (then prime minister), Ganesh Man Singh, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Diwan Singh Rai, Ram Narayan Mishra, Yogendra Man Sherchan, and Jaman Singh Gurung were taken to Sundarijal Military Detention Camp. They were held there without trial for eight years due to their participation in the 1960 coup.
Sundarijal is located 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northeast of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. It is located in west side of Gagalphedi, east of Nayapati and Baluwa, and north of Aalapot. Northern portion of Sundarijal is the forest that belongs to Shivapuri National Park. Further to the end of Shivapuri National Park the Village touches Nuwakot and Sindhulpalchok Districts.
Sundarijal covers an area of 5.18 square kilometres (2.00 sq mi). The Bagmati River flows through the village, where tributary rivers Shyalmati and Nagmati confluence with the Bagmati River. The Sundarimai temple is located at the confluence of Nagmati and Bagmati. Similarly, there is Shiva temple at the confluence of the Shyalmati and Bagmati.
The climate of Sundarijal is temperate. The average temperature in summer is 25.5 °C (77.9 °F) and 0 °C (32 °F) in winter.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Sundarijal had a population of 2,552 living in 547 individual households. For the 2001 census Sundarijal had a population of 2,586 in 444 individual households. Sixty percent of the townsfolk are Buddhist and 40% are Hindu.