LOCATION:
                     Baudeshwor cave,and waterfall lies in the  northern part of Kathmandu Valley:at about 7 to 8 Km away from the ringroad i.e Samakhushi Chowk,in the lap of Shivapuri National Park in  Jhor,Mahankal Village.The village Jhor is bypass  to Newakot district.Its  eastern part  is connected with Budanilkhantha VDC while weastern is with Shanghla VDC.The northern is to Newakot district where as southern is to Tokha VDC.And now the village is allocated in Tokha Municipality .The village is divided into two wards of municipality i.e 1 &2.The  cave lies in ward no.1 in Baudhu Ghau.

 HISTORY OF VILLAGE
         The  Baudeshwor temple & village Jhor is bounded by hills in all three sides East,west and north.A beautiful scene of Kathmandu Valley can be observed from the village at southern direction.The name Jhor came  because there is  a saying that,A region bounded by hills in 3 directions and rains most of the time throughout the year is called Jhor:& that is why  the village is named as Jhor as it rains most of the time here.

HISTORY OF CAVE AND TEMPLE
    It is believed  that from the story of" Shree Shwastani Prameshwori Brata Katha" after Shatidevi (the beloved wife of lord Shiva) gave her life Mahadev  begains  to  travel the world carrying her dead body.Her body then begains to decomposed and  the places where the definite body part got decomposed formed a religious holy place,so as to here the chest of Shatidevi decomposed and lord krishna  came here and devoted  here. Lord being  pleased gave Lord Krishna the power to attract" Gopanis".And  thats why the temple is called as SHREE KRISHNA BAUDESHWOR BAN MAHADEV.
  It is also believed that  Kunti and Pach pandevs have traveled here  as their footstep are marked in  stones.
 Thers are five Kundas .


STRUCTURE OF LAND AND CAVE
                This  Cave/temple is naturally  formed by the combination of huge stones.There is a cave of around 25M long inside a huge stone in which the separate  temples of lord Ganesh and ShivaParbati  is established.There flows a beautiful waterfall of about 18feet  high .As it is a rockey mountain the earthquake of 2072-1-12 has not affected it.A two floored building has been built,the upper floor is for Saints and lower is fro keeping the instruments of Bhajhan Mandal.Likewise manmade bridges and some statue of Ox and "Tulashi Mooth" have been build recently.

IMPORTANT DATES/CROUD OF PILGRIMS
#Every mondays of shrawn months
#Naag Panchami
# Jaanai  Panchami
#Shree Krishna Janma Aasthami
#Teej Brata
#Haribodhani Aakadeshi
#Sharashwoti  pooja/Shree Panchami
#Mahashivaratri

SPECIAL FEATURES OF TEMPLE
      1. Cave,Temple of lord ShivaParbati & Ganesh
      2. Waterfall of about 18 feet high
      3.Five Kundas
      4.Footsteps of Pach Pandevs
      5.Beautiful scene of Kathmandu Valley
      6.Peaceful environment
      7.Picnic Spots.
   
All of you who are viewing this blog are most welcome to visit and enjoy the gift on nature.And i want to thankyou for  viewing this and compliments are always accepted.And if you think  i should  add some otherthing or found any mistake do please inform me.I would love to  correct them.
                                                                                                 Lastly Thankyou  & Blessed Be.