Nepali Prerit

DUPCHESHWOR MAHADEV

Dupcheshwor Mahadev, a popular pilgrimage for Hindu people of all over world is present at the remote location of nuwakot.The temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva.Every year thousand of couples and devotees come from all accross nepal to ask Dupcheshwor Mahadev for children.This holy temple of lord Shiva is also renowned as The Second Pashupatinath(One of the major holy places for hindu people).Dupcheshwor Mahadev is not a man-made temple but rather is a natural structure that has been aroused in the middle of big rocks.

Location:

The temple is located at Nuwakot district of Nepal which is at a distance of 65 kilometers from the Capital of Nepal;Kathmandu.The temple is sorrounded by forests and fast flowing river that comes from Rasuwa.The natives believe that Lord Shiva himself resides in that forest. The temple is sorrounded by an astonishing view of mountains of the Himalayan Region of Nepal.

Early History:

There is no such fact about the origin of dupcheshwor mahadev but there are certin mythologies that tend to answer the questions about the history of the origin of dupcheshwor mahadev. Accordung to a famous book Swasthani(a sacred book of hindus read in the month of magh) when Sati the wife of mahadev died, Lord shiva becam restless. He couldn't bear the pain. Lord Shiva goes to the place where sati died takes her corpse fromthere and starts to orbit the earth. He goes to evry place of the earth. During this process, several organs of Sati decay and drop at several places which become later become holy places.According to Swasthani brata katha(Swasthani) Dupcheshwor mahadev has been formed in this way.Another mythilogy that is common among the natices of this municiplity is that about 400 years ago. A Tamang boy lost his cow. He went to search his cow. He searched everywhere but didnot find his cow. Later when he went to Dupcheshwor mahadev's Temple, it was found that the cow was giving milk to the lingam(shila, linga).From this incident the temple was named as Dudeshwor mahadev but later was changed to Dupcheswhor Mahadev.