Changunarayan
Changunarayan is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal and is part of the urban agglomeration of the Kathmandu Valley.
Changunarayan is a municipality in Bhaktapur District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal and is part of the urban agglomeration of the Kathmandu Valley. The municipality was created through the merger of the former Village development committees: Old-Changunarayan, Chhaling, Duwakot, and Jhaukhel in 2014. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, the predecessors of Changunarayan Municipality had a population of 55,430. In 2017, the municipality of Mahamanjushree Nagarkot was merged into Changunarayan. The municipality is also home to the UNESCO World Heritage Site Changu Narayan temple.
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Worth seeing in and around Changunarayan
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Changu Narayan Temple
Changu Narayan is an ancient Hindu temple, located on a hilltop of Changu in Changunarayan Municipality of Bhaktapur District, Nepal. The temple was built in the 4th century AD and is one of the oldest Hindu temples in Nepal.
200 m · Hindu temple in Changunarayan, Nepal · Wikipedia - 02Mulpani International Cricket Ground
The Mulpani International Cricket Ground, Commonly known as Upper Mulpani Cricket Ground or simply Mulpani Ground is a cricket ground in Mulpani, Kathmandu, Nepal. In a recent decision made at the Cricket Association of Nepal meeting, the Ground has been officially renamed in honor of the late former CAN President, Jayakumar Nath Shah.
3.8 km · cricket Ground in Nepal · Wikipedia - 03Upper Mulpani Cricket Stadium
The Mulpani Cricket Stadium, Commonly known as Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground or simply Mulpani Ground is a cricket ground in Mulpani, Kathmandu, Nepal. In a historic moment for Nepali cricket, the Lower Mulpani Cricket Ground hosted its first-ever international match at any level, marking a significant milestone since its foundation stone was laid back in 2008.
3.8 km · Cricket stadium in Nepal · Wikipedia - 04Extra Tech Oval Cricket Stadium
The Extratech Oval, also known as ExtraTech Oval International Cricket Stadium, is a cricket ground in Tilottama, Lumbini, Nepal.
4 km · cricket ground in Lumbini, Nepal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Changunarayan
- Airports
- Tribhuvan (KTM), 7 km · Pokhara (PHH), 148 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 200 km
- Pokhara → Changunarayan156 km · quickest by road, 4h 13m · ₨810–1,080
- Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa) → Changunarayan195 km · quickest by road, 5h 17m · ₨1,010–1,350
- Siliguri → Changunarayan317 km · quickest by road, 7h 11m · ₹3,130–3,910
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Changunarayan
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Changunarayan. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIt is entirely possible to trek from one village to another in the Valley (some examples below), otherwise it is easy to hire a taxi or take local buses to get around the Kathmandu Valley.
- Go nextA good centre for trekking, most notably to the Annapurna area.
From Wikivoyage: Kathmandu Valley, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-07.
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Next door to Changunarayan
Changunarayan is 11 km from Kathmandu, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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