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Bigu is a former
village development committee that is now a ward-
BiguRural Municipality
A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries.
These include:
* Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...
in
Dolakha District
Dolakha, often known as Dolkha or Dholkha (Nepal Bhasa:दोलखा जिल्ला)), a part of Bagmati Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Charikot as its district headquarters, covers an area of a ...
in
Bagmati Province
Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provinc ...
of north-eastern
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. At the time of the
1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level,
they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each ...
it had a population of 1,736 people living in 361 individual households.
BiguJagat Purno Monastery and a
Tashi Chyme Gachhal Gumba Tashi, also spelled Trashi (), is a Tibetan word meaning "good fortune" or "auspiciousness". Tashi or Trashi may refer to:
People
*Dagpo Tashi Namgyal, 16th-century Tibetan scholar
*Guru Tashi, legendary ancestor of the Sikkimese royal family
* N ...
(Nunnery Monastery under Dukpa Kaguyu),
Deudhunga #Aabachukulung are point of attraction lies in Bigu . Majority of people follow Tibetan Buddhism
Nyingmapa
Nyingma (literally 'old school') is the oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. It is also often referred to as ''Ngangyur'' (, ), "order of the ancient translations". The Nyingma school is founded on the first lineages and transl ...
sectors.
Majority are Sherpa's and Sherpa clan in Bigu are ( Ngomba , Lama serwa, Surba or Salakh,Garja & Chawa).
Ngomba are also called Chusherwa in Rolwaling and Khumbu Regions. They were migrated from Bigu.
Other ethnicities include Thami, Magar, Newar , Chatri. Bujal.
There is ''Demolished Sherpa Palace or Castle'' (Kingdom)
only one of them i
Biguu>, Nepal.
Deudhunga in sherpa language #Aabachukulung holy place for Buddhism & Hinduism 5 hour up hill hike from Bigu nunnery monastery.
The epicenter of the
May 2015 Nepal earthquake
A major earthquake occurred in Nepal on 12 May 2015 at 12:50 pm local time (07:05 UTC) with a moment magnitude of 7.3, southeast of Kodari. The epicenter was on the border of Dolakha and Sindhupalchowk, two districts of Nepal. This earth ...
was located in Bigu.
References
External links
UN map of the municipalities of Dolakha District
Populated places in Dolakha District
Rural municipalities in Dolakha District
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