ChurjhariRukumk ( ne ,
रुकुमकोट) is a town in a valley of the
Eastern Rukum District
Eastern Rukum ( ne, पूर्वी रुकुम) is a mountain district of Lumbini Province of Nepal situated along the Dhaulagiri mountain range. It is also the only mountain district of the province with its tallest mountain Putha Hiun ...
in
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 ...
. Nearby is a pond called Rukmini Tal (local name: Kamal Dhaha; ne, कमलदह). There is an historic
Shibalaya
Shibalaya is a census town in the Barasat I CD block in the Barasat Sadar subdivision in the North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of Kolkata Urban Agglomeration.
Geography
Location
Shibalaya is locat ...
temple nearby. Other temples include the Barah, Baraji, and Bhagwati temples.
The nickname of Rukum, "Baunna Pokhari Tripanna Takuri" (Place of 52 Lakes and 53 Hills), is derived from the name Rukumkot. It is believed that there are 52 ponds and lakes and 53 hills in Rukumkot.
A road was built to Rukumkot with the help of India. Another road is now being developed in the middle part of Rukumkot.
Shibalaya, a temple to
Shiva
Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...
on the northern shore of Rukmini Taal, was built by
Purna Kumari
:
Purna is a town with a municipal council in Parbhani district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Geography
Purna is located at . It has an average elevation of .
Purna is situated in the Maharashtra state of India.
Demographics
India ce ...
, the wife of a Prime Minister of the
Rana Dynasty
Rana dynasty ( ne, राणा वंश, IAST=Rāṇā vaṃśa , ) is a Chhetri dynasty that imposed totalitarianism in the Kingdom of Nepal from 1846 until 1951, reducing the Shah monarch to a figurehead and making Prime Minister and other ...
. It is said that this temple is the only monument made during the Rana reign in the mid-western part of Nepal.
There is a cave in the eastern part of Rukumkot, on the bank of the
Rumgad River, called Deurali Gufa. It can only be visited by walking for one hour from Rukumkot.
References
Populated places in Eastern Rukum District
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