Daunne Devi Temple Nawalparasi Nepal

Daunne Devi Temple (दौन्ने देवी) is a sacred Hindu temple situated at the hill at the altitude of 1,033 meters and located in Dumkibas VDC in Nawalparasi district of Nepal. The famous holy temple is located with a few minutes of walk from the East-West highway between Dumkibas and Bardaghat and the temple is dedicated to goddess Durga. Temple, located at the top of the forest, can be considered as a small hike too to reach the temple, is considered to be the historical center receiving a lot of visitors (religious tourists) all around the country and India too. The belief and power of Daunne Devi is great and people have the belief of taking blessing from the goddess for newly married couple for success of the marriage.

Bardaghat is one of the best places situated in the lap of Daunne Devi Temple and the temple sits on the top of hill. The temple also has a separate temple of Lord Shiva. The temple is surrounded by beautiful vast forest with variety of flora and fauna, hills and fresh air and really considered as cool and peace place with religious significance. Daunne is the most famous place for Hindu people because on the month of Shawaran, many pilgrimages from the country as well as outside countries (mostly India) visit this holy place for whole month in Shrawan in the occasion of Bolbam. It is estimated that about a million of devotees make a religious tour to this sacred place by walking from a place named as Sultanganj of Bihar State and Deoghar in Jharkand State of India without wearing anything in feet. Such pilgrims are known as Kanwarias and have great faith and belief about this holy place in Hindu mythology.

Moreover, a hike to Daunne Devi temple with the motive of religious visit is very awesome thing to do in Nawalparasi district. There are monkeys in the temple and nearby areas which may distract in some point to your visit, so be sure to be aware of that. The area also features many picnic spots for spending a joyful and memorable holiday with your belonging people. Beside everything, the place is also best for having meal with the taste of delicious meat of Local chicken (Kukhura).