History of Chobhar Gorge

Once upon a time many years ago the Kathmandu Valley was the Kathmandu Lake . In that long time ago the hill of Swyambhunath was an island gradually the lake dried up to leave the valley we see today. Legends relate that the change from lake to valley was a much more dramatic one, for Manjushri is said to have taken his mighty sword and with one blow cut open the edge

valleye  release the pent-up waters.

The places where his sword struck rock was Chobar on the southern edge of the valley and the result was the Chobhar Gorge.

The Chobar Gorge is south of the Patan and the Bagmati River cuts through the edge of the Chobar hill, the highest hill along this side of the valley. The pretty village of Chobar tops the hill and a stone paved track runs from the river’s edge right to the top of the hill where the Adinath Lokeshwar Temple forms the centre of the settlement. Down by the river, just south of the gorge, is another important temple, the Jal Binayak . The valley’s first cement factory is a more recent and less pleasing addition to the scenery. A neat little suspension bridge spasm the river; it was manufactured in Aberdeen in Scotland in 1903. From the bridge there are fine views of the gorge on one side and the Jal Binayak Temple on the other.