Indreswor Explained

Official Name:Indreshwar
Native Name:इन्द्रेश्वर
Settlement Type:Village development committee
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:360
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Bagmati Province
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Kabhrepalanchok District
Population As Of:1991
Population Total:3878
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45

Indreshwar is a village development committee in Kabhrepalanchok District in Bagmati Province of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 3,878 and had 659 houses in it.[1]

Nepali Hindu legend suggests that the king of the heavens, Indra seduced Ahalya, the wife of the sage Gautama. It is said that Ahalya was converted into a stone, which is now at the north eastern corner of the temple's platform. The temple whose history could date back to the early Kirata age in the 6th century became the shrine for Indra, the Rain God in Hinduism in the 13th century when a princess from Banepa named Viramadevi established the Indrakuta. This has been mentioned in the Gopalarajavamshali, a 16th-century chronicle. The temple stands at the south eastern portion of the town of Panauti. This spot is also situated at the confluence of the Rosi and Punyamati rivers.[2]

References

  1. Web site: Nepal Census 2001 . Nepal's Village Development Committees . . 2008-09-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081012163506/http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1 . 2008-10-12 .
  2. News: Indreshwar Temple At Panauti. Dreams. Himalayan. 2017-08-15. en-gb.

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