Nuwakot

                   

                       Nuwakot is the historical place of our country. It is the one of the attractive place for trourism sectors .The Nuwakot palace is the main attractive place for the tourist as well as for the local people of the country. The name comes from the nine hills which surround the Nuwakot from every sector. The name Nawa means the nine in the Nepali and Kort means the means the sacred religious site at the top of hill. It has got many natural beauties. The Nuwakot palace lies at the top of the district around the palace there are some temples and the some of the old heritage of our country. Mostly Newar people are inhabit bit in this region but nowadays many other castes like Tamang, Pandit, Rai, Limbo are inhabit in this region. Nuwakot lies 85 km from the Kathmandu. In the ancient time it is said to be that Nuwakot is the main trade root to Tibet. Nuwakot lies in the central development region in the bagmati zone. About 61 village lies in this place.

              People of this region mostly follow the Hinduism by which the Dashai is the main festivals of the people. Not only this people of this region also follow the other religion but most of the people are Hindu. They also celebrate other festivals like maghsankranti and other like kumari puja, jatra and bull fight which is the most popular in the Nuwakot and also the sum of different festivals. The dashai is the main festivals for the people of this region.During the jatra people  carry the rath of the god in order to get the bless from god.  The people who are inhabited are Hindu so the main festival of the Hindu is Dashai which falls in the middle of the year. It is celebrated for the 8 day. During the Dashai the people of Nuwakot celebrate the Dashai with the pried, by saying that the Dashai is the main festivals of the which comes for 8 day only in the year so they should forget their all the work and should engaged in the festivals with all the free mind with all their family as well as their relatives.

People are worshiping to the god for the betterment of their family as well as to their relatives.
   The climate condition of the Nuwakot is Tropical area is 28.6% and the Subtropical area is the 50.8%, Temperate area is 13.4%, Sub alpine are is 3.9%, Apian area is 1.3%  lies in this region. Some of the forest plant found in this region is sall and pines are found in this region. In this region red soil is found in this region.Many sub-tropical forests are found in this region in which many plants like sall and pine are found in the forest. Likewise many other cash crops are found in this region. The main occupation of this region is agriculture and business. The famous palace of king Prithivi Narayan shah lies here the following things are kept in the place. It is nine floor building.1^st floor: This is the ground floor of the palace where many statues of gods and goddess are kept. In the entry door is the national flag of our country. Some of inscription are kept there.2^nd floor: This floor is the place where the royal guest and royal families are used to live in this floor. In this floor some old parts of the palace is kept.3^rd floor: In this floor king used to meet with the special people of the parliament or the royal member’s .To discus about the country or there rules.4^th floor: This floor is the bedroom of the king and his queen. There is the bed which is used                by the king in the past. There is some photo of the kings.5^th floor: Security force is used to live in this place. They used live in this place to guard the king and queen from there enemy.6^th floor: The sixth floor is used to keep the criminals in the custody with strict monitoring. All criminals are kept in the jail in the high security.7^th floor: This is the last floor of the palace which is known as the burja which is the smallest part of the palace from where many mountains and hills are seen from the window.            We know that the this place has historical, religious and archaeological important. So, it is a preserver of historical, religious and archaeological things. However, there are several problems associated with this place.                             I think  the following recommendations to overcome the problems and develop this place.Ø Construction of the damage part is needed to be done in the same style.

       

Ø Evacuation work should be carried out in possible places for other archaeological findings.
Ø Government of Nepal, UNO, other organization and the individuals should work together for the sustainable development of this place.
Ø The potentiality of the development of Nuwakot should be fully explored.
Ø Public should be aware about the value of the Nuwakot Durbar Palace.