Baglung Nepal | Place To Visit In Baglung District — VisitStart

Manish Bhandari
3 min readFeb 6, 2020

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let’s talk about the beautiful Baglung District of western Nepal. in this article, I am writing about the best place to visit in the Baglung district of Nepal.

it is the most popular destination in Nepal. it has 275 kilometers west of Kathmandu, the capital city of Nepal.

the headquarters of the District and Dhawalagiri Zone is Baglung Bazar. Baglung is that the largest and most populous of the three cities area of the Kali Gandaki valley along with two other district headquarters Beni (Myagdi) and Kushma (Parbat). this district may be a major business, financial, educational, healthcare center and the best tourist destination in western Nepal.

Baglung Bazar is located on a plateau overlooking the Kali Gandaki corridors, the Dhaulagiri Himalayan range. We can visit many places in the Baglung district of Nepal. Kalika Bhagawati Temple, Panchakot, Bhairavsthan, and the Dhorpatan hunting area are the best tourist attractions in western Nepal.

The place to visit in Baglung

  • Baglung Kalika Bhagawati Temple
  • Pancha Kot
  • Bhairav Sthan
  • Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

Baglung Kalika Bhagawati Temple

The Kalika Bhagwati Temple of western Nepal is a famous Shaktipeeth of Nepal. Thousands of tourists will come from neighboring India and all over the world. Kalika Bhagwati has an important place in Hinduism. It is believed that the worship of Kalika Bhagavati is worshiped to gain power. Kalika has been saying that she worships Bhagwati and worships her.

King Pratap Narayan Malla of ancient Nepal, He was crowned king in 1959 Bs. He was married in 1909 BS to the daughter of Mani Mukundsen, King of Palpa. At the time of marriage, the daughter of the goddess had also brought her with her as a dowry.

After bringing up the mountain from the Palpa, the goddess Kali is not present at the place where the temple is raised and after raising it. the royal palace has established a temple in this place and arranged for worship.

The Panchakot is the cultural destination in Baglung. This is the main tourist area of western Nepal. The Panchakot is lie in Panchakot Ekikrit Basti in Ward-6 of Baglung Municipality. It is the most popular pilgrimage site in western Nepal. From Panchakot people can see the Dhaulagiri Himalayan range, Kaligandaki corridor, Baglung Bazar, etc.

Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve is only one Hunting area in Nepal. The Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve was established in 1987 in the area of 1325 square kilometers in Dhaulagiri Himalayan Range of western Nepal. This hunting reserve lies in three districts of Nepal Rukum, Myagdi and Baglung. many Nepalese and foreign Hunters are come here to increase their hunting experience in the high altitude eco-system and the try to hunt Blue Sheep, Himalayan Tahr, Serow, leopard, Ghoral, black Beer, Dear, etc. Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve was divided into six hunting blocks for proper management.

Originally published at https://www.visitstart.com on February 6, 2020.

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