Bajra Barahi Temple

The Bajra Barahi temple stands within a protected grove of old trees south of Patan near the town of Chapagaun, dedicated to a tantric mother goddess. The forest setting, rare in the increasingly built-up valley, makes the shrine a popular retreat where locals picnic among the shade of the woodland. The temple itself is a modest tiered structure enclosed by the sacred grove, home to abundant birds and monkeys. Visitors come as much for the wooded surroundings as for the shrine, walking paths beneath the canopy that recall how the valley once.