Native Town Kritipur

                                    Kritipur is the historical town lies in the southwestern realm of Kathmandu. It's only a few minutes bus-ride from the heart of the capital. The beautiful landscape, the ethnic tribe with their uniquely famed tradition and culture, duo ancient and modern houses clustered together, the ages-old temple and stupas, the oldest university TU with its spacious premises etc lend the town a charming beauty.Similarly, the `cozy restaurants and bars as the visitors an ever lasting memory even after their departure from this hypnotic town.

                       Geographically the hill town Kritipur is believed to be upon a huge single boulder. So, it remained unaffected even in the terrible earthquake in 1990 and 2045 V. S. respectively while the country had to bear an unaccountable loss of due lives and property. It is the place of granary and the arts and crafts. The historical Chilancho Stupa, the century old Baghbairav temple, Uma Maheshowr temple on the top of the town candidly portray the richness of the ancient art and crafts.Similarly, the magnificent Buddha Vihar in the nid of the town, the  Sulakshan Vihar on the bank of Bagmati river are the holy places to flash back the life story of Gautam Buddha.  These are the popular places where can be seen the flocks of devotees and pilgrims on the festive occasions. Likewise, from the top of the town the entire Kathmandu Valley can be seen blooming at her best glamour on the kind lap of the ever-smiling Himalayan peaks.

                      The historical town Kritipur has the population approximately fifty thousand. The majority of the population consists of the ethnic group the Newar. The other residing group are the Brahman, Kshetris, Gurung, Tamang and so on. The multi lingual and multiracial town does have excellent religious tolerance. So, there has never been a clash or revolt in the name of caste and creed since the time immemorial. The peace loving people ever seek their fortune in their toil, never in the line on their palm. The people are seen in colorful dresses on the festive occasion viz- Gaujatra, Indra Jatra,l Dashain and Tihar, the national fiestas.

The vein-like motor able roads make ever nook and corner of the town quite accessible. Together, the privileges of communication, the mushrooming numbers of school, cozy restaurants and bars etc prove that the town is steadily staggering to modernity and prosperity.

           The nearby places to add the feel to the beauty of the town are Taudaha, a tidy pond in the southern part yhe artistically rich and jala Binayak temple on the bank of Bagmati river the nearby caves of Chovar etc, easily win the tender hearts of the visitors. Thematically, Kiritipur does have a vast world of her own. So, countless visitors duo native and outsiders make their plural visits to experience  the sheer beauty of nature and whoever makes his visit once to this town gets full price of his visit and gets back with a firm mind-making to visit to this hypnotic town plural times in the days to come.