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Baglung, Baglung District, Gandaki · 28.2559°, 83.6136°
A pagoda temple southeast of Baglung town on the southern bank of the Kali Gandaki in Gandaki Province, dedicated to Kalika, one of the fiercest forms of Shakti.
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.
A king is said to have received the goddess's image as dowry, and when the wedding party halted overnight in a forest and no one could lift the idol the next morning, he built the temple on that spot.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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