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Matatirtha

मातातीर्थ
Pond at Matatirtha
Pond at Matatirtha
Matatirtha is located in Nepal
Matatirtha
Matatirtha
Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°40′N 85°14′E / 27.667°N 85.233°E / 27.667; 85.233Coordinates: 27°40′N 85°14′E / 27.667°N 85.233°E / 27.667; 85.233
Country   Nepal
ProvinceNo. 3
DistrictKathmandu District
Population
(2018)
 • Total5,982
Time zoneUTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Matatirtha is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the [[2018 it had a population of 5982 and had 1314 households in it.[1] Santosh Khadka was elected as Ward Chairman of Matatirtha through a local election.[citation needed]

Etymology

The word Matatirtha comes from two Sanskrit words, "Mata" meaning mother and "tirtha" meaning a sacred place. The VDC owes its name from a sacred pond in the VDC dedicated to mother.

Image of the mother

Matatirtha is a sacred place and famous because of the religious aspects and values.Every year on mother's day thousands of people gather together to celebrate the day.Only the people who don't have their mother take a dip into the sacred pond and perform religious rituals in the temple. Basically it is a hindu temple but people from different religion visit and worship there.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-08-28.



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