Janakpur Tour

Trip Overview

Janakpur is more commonly Janakpurdham, is a city in Nepal which is situated in Tarai and 300m. from sea level. Janakpurdham is the administrative headquarters of the Dhanusa District of the Janakpur Zone and has a population of approximately 85,000. The city is located about 400 km south-east of Kathmandu valley, 20 km from the Indian border at 26 42′ 44″ N, 085 55′ 18″ E Janakpurdham has a major tourists industry due to its significance in the Hindu religion.

In Janakpur, around Janaki temple, there is more flow of Indian tourists than the Nepalese themselves. The number of Nepalese visiting to Janaki temple is one hundred thousand whereas the number of Indians visiting is approximately five hundred thousand. The temple is situated right in the middle of Janakpur bazaar. The temple looks similar to that of the palace itself. Inside the temple, there are many sculptures and images of gods and goddesses such as: Guru Vashistha, Sadananda, Sunayna, Ram, Laxman, Bharat, Shatrughan, Sita, Janak and so on. The temple Tikamgadh was built by an Indian queen Bhanu Brish Kumari in 1968 B.S.

It is also known as ‘Naulakhe Temple’ as the cost was nine hundred thousand rupees to build the temple. It is believed that when the queen came to the temple then she gave birth to a baby boy then she constructed the temple to make it a larger and a better one. It is also believed that King Janak found Goddess Sita in the same place where the temple is situated currently. Sita was found inside a land while the King was digging with a golden plough. There is also a marriage place in Janaki Temple. There is free entrance for the Janaki Temple. In that marriage place it is said that Lord Ram and Goddess Sita got married. We can see sculptures of family members of Lord Ram and Goddess Sita. In Janakpur, there is Ram and Janak Temple.