Devi's Falls ( ne,
पाताले छाँगो) is a waterfall located at
Pokhara
Pokhara ( ne, पोखरा, ) is a metropolis, metropolitan city in Nepal, which serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. It is the List of cities in Nepal, second most populous city of Nepal after Kathmandu, with 518,452 inhabitants living ...
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Kaski District
Kaski District ( ne, कास्की जिल्ला, ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The name is disambiguated from Kaskikot, the ancient Kaski Kingdom.
The district, with Pokhara as its di ...
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Nepal
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The water forms a tunnel after reaching the bottom. This tunnel is approximately long and runs below ground level. On 31 July 1961, a Swiss couple went swimming but the woman drowned in a pit because of the overflow. Her body was recovered three days later in river Phusre with great effort. Her father wished to name it "David's falls" after her daughter's name but changed to Devi's Fall. Its Nepali name is Patale Chango, which literal meaning is Paatal Ko Chango means "Underworld's Waterfall". This is one of the most visited places in Nepal.
After exiting the tunnel, the water passes through a cave called
Gupteshwor Mahadev Cave or "cave beneath the ground". The
Phewa Lake dam is the water source of this falls. The cave also acts as a tourism site because it has complex designs and people even forget the way inside the cave.
Tourism
It is an attraction for tourists and locals. Thousands of Nepalis visit for recreation and enjoyment. Visitors can try their luck on the luck pond constructed there by throwing and placing the coin on the statue of God. Likewise, one can find a model of traditional typical Nepali house and a series of statue of Nepali people wearing traditional dresses where visitors can click photo.
Gallery
File:Davis Falls and the visitors.jpg, Davis Falls and the visitors
File:Davis Falls-Pokhara 02.jpg, Davis Fall Pokhara
File:Davis Falls-Pokhara 03.jpg, Davis Fall Pokhara
File:Davis Falls-Pokhara 01.jpg, Davis Fall Pokhara
File:Davis Falls-Pokhara 04.jpg, Davis Fall
File:Davis Falls-Pokhara 05.jpg, Davis Fall Pokhara
File:Davis Fall-Sfxr.jpg, Davis Fall in full flow
File:Davis Falls.jpg, Davis Fall in full flow
File:Davis Falls1.jpg, Davis Fall in full flow
File:Davis falls101 0617.jpg, Davis Fall in full flow
File:Davis falls101 0621.jpg, Davis Fall in full flow
File:Davis falls101 0622.jpg, Davis Fall in full flow
File:Davis Falls2.jpg, Davis Fall in full flow
File:Davi's Fall-Pokhara-SatyamPradhan.jpg
File:Patale chago12.jpg
File:Patale chago11.jpg
File:Patale chago19.jpg
File:Patale chago17.jpg
File:Patale chago18.jpg
File:Patale chago4.jpg
File:Patale chago3.jpg
File:Patale chago2.jpg
File:मानव निर्मित माछापुच्छ्रे.jpg
File:Davids fall eyes.jpg
File:House of Patale Chago.jpg
File:Patale Chago eyes.jpg
See also
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List of waterfalls of Nepal
References
Waterfalls of Nepal
Pokhara
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