Janakpur Tour Posted Date: Jul 06, 2019

Janakpur tour - Janakpur is located in the southeast from Kathmandu and it is bordering with India. It is 386km far via Prithvi Highway, 225km via B.P. highway, and 247km via east-west highway from Kathmandu. Janakpur tour is one of the best tours and brings you back to the century’s goddess imagination. Janakpur Tour Video

It is a historical site of the living goddess (Ramayan). Janakpurdhama was a capital of the Videha dynasty and there was ruled by Mithila region at that time. According to history, Janakpur was founded in the 18th century and became a pilgrimage site from 1805 century. 

Janakpur tour would be interesting because Janakpurdham is one of the most important religious sites for Hindu devotees. The Janakpur (headquarter of Dhanusha district of Nepal) named by king Janak. Janaki is a daughter of King Janak. Janaki is known as the Goddess Sita. The Janakpur is the birthplace of Janaki. Janak has a special Bow and he had announced that who wanted to marry to his daughter, he might pick up it. No one could pick up the Bow and at the last, it was broken by Ayodhya's Prince Rama when he attempted to string the Bow in 3 pieces. The middle piece of the bow was gone to Dhanusha (a Bow of Lord Shiva) and it is named after flown the piece of the bow and down then grounded. This is the reason how to get married Janaki (Goddess Sita) and Prince Rama of Ayodhya Nagar (Goddess Ram), a son of Dasharath.

There are many places to visit in Janakpur. The places to visit in Janakpur are Dhanushadham, Parshuram Taal (Prashuram Talau), ArgazaTaal, Ram Sagar, Dhanusa Sagar (one of pieces Bow was down place), Ganga Sagar, Janaki Mandir, Ram Mandir, Rama Sita Bibahamandap, Bhutnath mandir many more places. These places are related to their own named and history. So, the tour of Janakpur takes at least 2 days except for traveling day to/from Janakpur.