Devghat

Devghat is a Hindu pilgrimage site at the meeting of the Kali Gandaki and the Trishuli, where the two rivers join to form the Narayani. It lies in Tanahun district a short distance upstream from Narayangarh and Bharatpur, on wooded banks where the hills meet the Inner Terai. Temples, shrines, ashrams and bathing ghats are scattered along the river, linked by paths and by a pedestrian suspension bridge across the Trishuli to the Chitwan side.

Devghat is known as a place where many elderly Hindus come to spend their last years in prayer and to die beside the holy rivers, and the ashrams and simple dwellings that house them give the settlement a calm, contemplative character. Visitors can walk between the temples, sit by the confluence, watch rituals at the ghats and talk with residents and sadhus.

The site is busiest at Maghe Sankranti in mid-January, when a large fair, or mela, draws pilgrims from across Nepal and India to bathe at the confluence. At other times it is quiet and makes an easy half-day trip from Narayangarh, Bharatpur or Sauraha, combining well with Maula Kalika temple across the river at Gaindakot.