Matatirtha

Matatirtha मातातीर्थ
Village of Chandragiri Municipality
Pond at Matatirtha
Matatirtha Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°40′N 85°14′E / 27.667°N 85.233°E / 27.667; 85.233Coordinates: 27°40′N 85°14′E / 27.667°N 85.233°E / 27.667; 85.233
Country	Nepal
Province	No. 3
District	Kathmandu District
Government
• Type	Local Government
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Population  (2018)
• Total	5,982
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Matatirtha is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the [[2018 it had a population of 5982 and had 1314 households in it.^[1] was elected as Ward Chairman of Matatirtha through a local election.^{[citation needed]}

Etymology[]

The word Matatirtha comes from two Sanskrit words, "Mata" meaning mother and "tirtha" meaning a sacred place. The VDC owes its name from a sacred pond in the VDC dedicated to mother.

Image of the mother

Matatirtha is a sacred place and famous because of the religious aspects and values. Every year on mother's day thousands of people gather together to celebrate the day. Only the people who don't have their mother take a dip into the sacred pond and perform religious rituals in the temple. People from different religions visit and worship there.^[2]

References[]

Media related to Chandragiri, Nepal at Wikimedia Commons

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