Located at Makwanpur District (Thaha Municipality), lies a
small but a beautiful hill station Daman. It has been one of the favorite
destination for the local tourist from all over Nepal. It is approximately 80
km on south-west of Kathmandu at the height of 2322 meters above sea level.
This place has been one of the best place to view the Mountains, to enjoy
weekend holidays or to organize picnic for the people from Kathmandu, Hetauda
and the people living around Daman. Every year in winter season snowfall occurs
in this area, where the long line of people visiting this place to play and
enjoy snow can be seen.
This place offers the wide panoramic view of Himalayan range from
east Mount Everest to west Dhaulagiri. From the view point Simbhanjyang (2488m),
almost complete Himalayan range can be seen. Annapurna, Ganesh Himal, Manaslu,
Langtang, Gaurishankar, Dorjelakpa, Choyu and many other Mountain that can be
seen from here which provides the heavenly pleasure for anyone. There is also a
view tower from where one can enjoy the view from Telescope.
Daman is also equally famous as the religious site. Lots of
Hindu and Buddhist devotees visit this place to worship Risheshwor Temple. Hindu
worship this deity as an incarnation of Lord Shiva/Mahadev whereas Buddhists believe
and worship as a Padmasambhava. Nevertheless the peace and harmony between two
different religions can be seen here.
Beside this, near to Daman there lies another beautiful tiny
village named Palung. According to local people, the name of this place was originated
from the big stone which is still there.
In Newari language Pa means big and Lwahaa means stone. So, the name of
the place was Pa Lwahaa which later became Palung. It is considered as one of
the ancient market of the Makwanpur region with the vast majority of Newari group
of people living here. It is also famous
for agriculture. Almost 90% of the people living in this area are farmers and
remaining are in hotel business, abroad work and other. Every year the farmers
produces the huge amount of rice and vegetables like cabbage, cauliflower, radish,
carrot and many more as per the season.
Hence, Daman has always been one of the preferred location
mainly for the Domestic tourist. Also it has a wide possibility of being one of
the top destination for the International Tourist in near future. The majestic
view, cool climate, pollution free surrounding, ancient history, culture,
agriculture and many other features has made this place attractive and unique.
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