Dhorpatan (Baglung): The Shaligram Museum located in Kundule of Baglung Municipality-4 has become a tourist attraction of late.<\/p>\n
An increasing number of religious tourists are visiting the Museum to get a glance at the precious and sacred stone.<\/p>\n
The museum is a repository of some 1.25 million Shaligram stones. The stones have been preserved and kept inside a 100-meter tunnel.<\/p>\n
Rishi Prapannacharya, the curator of the museum, shared that tourists from various parts of Nepal as well as South India are visiting the museum.<\/p>\n
Nearly 50,000 more religious tourists have already visited the museum this year compared to the previous fiscal year.<\/p>\n
Some 100,000 tourists had visited the museum last year while 150,000 tourists have already visited the museum in the 10 months of the current fiscal year.<\/p>\n
The Shaligram Museum has been open to the public for the past four years.<\/p>\n
Religious tourists who reach Muktinath in Mustang make a stop to visit the museum on their way to or from the temple.<\/p>\n
The museum has Shaligram stones weighing up to 300 kg.<\/p>\n
Tulsiram Sapkota, who came to visit the museum from Gaindakot, said that one and a half million Shaligrams cannot be viewed in one place in any other place.<\/p>\n
Menuka Poudel, who came from Nawalparasi, said that she came to visit with her family because she believed that her wishes would be fulfilled after seeing the Shaligram.<\/p>\n
Although Poudel had seen Shaligrams long ago she said that she had never seen so many in one place.<\/p>\n
The shaligram is a particular variety of stone collected from riverbed or banks of the Kali Gandaki, a tributary of the Gandaki River. It is regarded as sacred by the Hindus, and believe that worshipping it will bring good luck and prosperity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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