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The famous Bindhyavasini temple located in Miruwa, Pokhara ward no 2. There are various legends about this Bindhyavasini Devi. King Siddhinarayan Shah was told by the king of Bindhyachal of India in a dream of mother Bindhyavasini that Rajan should send my devotee Siddhinarayan Shah, who came from very remote Himalayan Nepal, to Nepal with an idol of my own image. According to this, King Siddhinarayan came to this place in Pokhara after spending months with his porter. As it was getting dark to reach his palace Kaskikot, all the people including the idol stayed at this place at night as per the king's order. When he got up the next morning and tried to lift the idol of the goddess, he could not lift it. Finally, King Siddhinarayan Shah decided to erect it at this place. According to legend, at that time the Pokhara Valley was flooded. At that time, this place was like a lotus flower. The temple of Goddess Bindhyavasini was located at this place. Kings living in different places of Kaski used to come on boating to visit Bindhyavasini. According to legend, King Khadga Malla brought this idol of Goddess Bindhyavasini from Bindhyachal of India. There is no mention of this legend but it is mentioned that King Girwan Yudh was founded by Bikram Shah in 1760. This Bindhyavasini goddess is very ancient. This temple is located in a very wide place at the top of Pokhara. There are various other temples around this temple which is very attractive. There are Hanuman Temple, Ganesh Temple, Radhakrishna Temple, Saraswati Temple, Shiva Temple, Navagraha and Ashtchiranjeevi Temple, Public Yajna Mandapa, Multipurpose Satsanga Bhavan, Hostel Building of Bindhyawasini Vedic Vidhashram, Bindhyawasini Vedic Vidhashram, Nitya Havan Yajna Mandap. This temple is very crowded with devotees. From the temple premises one can see the view of the mountain ranges. The Bindhyawasini Religious Area Development Committee has also been formed to conduct daily worship of the Goddess and other religious activities.

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