Efforts to promote Nirbu Barah as a pilgrimage site

For the purpose of promoting the area, locals are engaged in making Nirbu Barah a religious, tourist destination.

Locals are trying to turn Nirbu Barah into a religious, tourist spot located in Nirbu, Beas Municipality-11, which is eight kilometers from Damauli. The area is encircled by trees. It is a beautiful temple in the wilderness. Fishes are swimming in a pond in front of temple.

Earlier, the temple was dilapidated and small, but now it has been renovated and made presentable. It is said that some structures of this place were stolen in the past. The bells were ringing, after the temple was built, with the activism of the local Purna Bahadur Gurung.  

The entrance and compound are yet to be constructed. For this, a budget is expected from all three levels of government. There is the idea to develop this place as a forest conservation area.

Devotees from within and outside the district come here on the Panchabali day. The temple is crowded with devotees on Dashain, December 15. Devotees come from Kathmandu, Pokhara, Chitwan and other places to perform the Panchabali. A wall has been erected around the temple, which is located within the Nirbu Barah Community Forest, due to the possibility of landslides.

“Since the temple is a religious, tourist spot in the municipality, the municipality will provide all possible support,” said Vaikunth Neupane, head of Beas Municipality

“The temple has been reconstructed at a cost of Rs 40 lakh. The reconstruction was supported by Rs 7 lakh 55 thousand from the federal government, Rs 15 lakh 72 thousand from the Gandaki provincial government, and Rs 6 lakh 95 thousand from Beas municipality. 11 lakh 30 thousand rupees were collected due to the activism of the locals,” said Guptman Gurung, Secretary of the Temple Protection Committee.

“The locals are active in bringing in tourists along with the promotion of this area. This place of mythological importance was unrecognizable at first, after people's representatives came to the local government, the development of this place started to gain momentum." Tulsi Ram Bhandari, Chairman of the Nirbu Barah Temple Protection Committee informed.

“The bell given by Dharmaraj Adhikari in 1946 has been found. This is the old temple", Bhandari said._Rss

(photo credit: lokpath) 

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