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Daunne Devi Temple

Dumkibas, Bardaghat, Nawalparasi District · 27.5500°, 83.8370°

Durga (with an attached Shivalaya)Rana
Sacred since
1998 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
present temple 2055 BS (1998-99)
Rana

History & significance

A wayside shrine on the Daunne pass at Dumkibas in Bardaghat, Nawalparasi District, holding both a Durga shrine and a Shivalaya; its founding is attributed to Jung Bahadur Rana, while the present building dates from 2055 BS and has been looked after by the local user committee since 2049 BS.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

The Daunne hill was known in ancient times as Trikut Parbat and is held to have been a place of meditation for the sage Valmiki and for Mayadevi, the mother of the Buddha.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Rana