{"id":4430,"date":"2020-03-25T13:47:44","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T12:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awasuka.org\/?page_id=4430"},"modified":"2026-01-31T14:11:57","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:11:57","slug":"historia-bhimphedi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/awasuka.org\/en\/historia-bhimphedi\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhimphedi History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-k6gnlw1b-4dde13a586e5f5c1b2d83c7d084add91\">\n.avia-section.av-k6gnlw1b-4dde13a586e5f5c1b2d83c7d084add91{\nbackground-color:#e46c0b;\nbackground-image:unset;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-k6gnlw1b-4dde13a586e5f5c1b2d83c7d084add91 main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  avia-bg-style-scroll container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4430'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-klxqxh6d-b3409575cc6e64ea84d457662c6e774a\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-klxqxh6d-b3409575cc6e64ea84d457662c6e774a{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-klxqxh6d-b3409575cc6e64ea84d457662c6e774a .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-klxqxh6d-b3409575cc6e64ea84d457662c6e774a .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-klxqxh6d-b3409575cc6e64ea84d457662c6e774a .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-klxqxh6d-b3409575cc6e64ea84d457662c6e774a av-special-heading-h1 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  av-linked-heading'><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Heritage<\/p>\n<\/div><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Bhimphedi History<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-4430'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-a8d6e7-a91b338d0cc9dc927c89612d8912b265\">\n.flex_column.av-a8d6e7-a91b338d0cc9dc927c89612d8912b265{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-a8d6e7-a91b338d0cc9dc927c89612d8912b265 av_three_fifth  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  el_before_av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-k6gpfpmv-e7eeb931e57ad35d488c3bd5d2884e85 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><strong>Bhimphedi History Highlights<\/strong><br \/>\nIn the times when Nepal had neither airports nor highways, the only way to enter the secluded valley of Kathmandu was a <strong>walking trail<\/strong> crossing the Mahabarat range south-north from the Indian border. This ancient trade route was linked to the <strong>Silk Roads<\/strong> network and is known as <strong>the historical trail to Kathmandu<\/strong>. In western terms, it may seem we are talking about a very distant past, but in Nepal modern infrastructures are very recent: the India-Kathmandu <strong>highway<\/strong> (a dusty narrow windy road) was completed in <strong>1956<\/strong> and the <strong>airport<\/strong> in <strong>1957<\/strong>, although regular jets did not start operating until 1972.<br \/>\nHence, Bhimphedi had always enjoyed a strategic position: it safeguarded the only port in the Mahabharat range that opened the key to the Kathmandu valley, which was zealously protected in the past.<\/p>\n<p>Being an unavoidable crossing point, Bhimphedi became a very important commercial hub and also nice place to stay and rest for a few days, as it was the first cool village after the hot Chitwan jungle, which in those days was infested with malaria. Thereby, many <strong>official buildings<\/strong> and <strong>rest-houses<\/strong> were built in the village, in many different architectural styles. The village was also a transportation hub where the travelers had to switch their transportation system from elephants, charts or trucks to palanquins, horses or simply walking. That\u2019s why Bhimphedi has an <strong>elephant\u2019s stable<\/strong> (Hattisar), which still houses more than 50 historical elephant saddles (aka haudas). Because of these facts, Bhimphedi happens to have a rich heritage of beautiful Rana, Newar and Rural architecture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shocking Transportation<\/strong><br \/>\nThis trail was anything but easy; similar descriptions can be read in different traveler\u2019s accounts, like the following one from 1937:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cOn leaving Bhimphedi, one is faced with an ascent of over 2,000 feet, and although it has been improved out of all recognition in the last few years, the path, as it used to be, must have been the worst approach to any civilized capital in the world. It was, in reality, hardly more than a torrent bed, boulder-strewn and with a gradient varying between twenty-five and thirtly-five degrees\u201d.<\/em><br \/>\nThe track was definitively hard, but <strong>travelers<\/strong> had the best part. The worst part was for the <strong>porters<\/strong>, who had to carry all sorts of unimaginable goods over their shoulders: from persons to palanquins; from bronze statues to huge pipes for dams; and from grand pianos to automobiles\u2026 and the petrol to run them!<\/p>\n<p>Until the 1960s, any good entering Nepal had to be shoulder-borne through the steep slopes of Mahabarat. Bhimphedi holds a key position in the preservation of the historical memory of these old types of traditional transport. Unlike the rest of the world, where loads were always carried by animals, in Nepal they have always been carried by people, and this is a very curious fact about this country. As one journalist said:<br \/>\n<em>\u201cCars are supposed to carry people, but in Nepal people carried cars\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_two_fifth-337486787960716147ecfb4074cb91c6 av_two_fifth  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_av_three_fifth  el_before_av_video  flex_column_div  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-kz2ofw04-ea38e3f5fb9fafbc4bb9f6f72b0f1f39 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div id=\"attachment_5811\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5811\" class=\"wp-image-5811 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/People-carry-cars-in-Nepal-Nepali-Times.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/People-carry-cars-in-Nepal-Nepali-Times.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/People-carry-cars-in-Nepal-Nepali-Times-300x211.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/People-carry-cars-in-Nepal-Nepali-Times-1030x723.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/People-carry-cars-in-Nepal-Nepali-Times-768x539.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/People-carry-cars-in-Nepal-Nepali-Times-705x495.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: MADAN PURASKAR PUSTAKALAYA<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5814\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5814\" class=\"wp-image-5814 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Porters-transport-a-car-on-long-poles-across-a-stream-in-Nepal-1948.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1005\" srcset=\"https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Porters-transport-a-car-on-long-poles-across-a-stream-in-Nepal-1948.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Porters-transport-a-car-on-long-poles-across-a-stream-in-Nepal-1948-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Porters-transport-a-car-on-long-poles-across-a-stream-in-Nepal-1948-1030x690.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Porters-transport-a-car-on-long-poles-across-a-stream-in-Nepal-1948-768x515.jpg 768w, https:\/\/awasuka.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Porters-transport-a-car-on-long-poles-across-a-stream-in-Nepal-1948-705x472.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-5814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Volkmar Wentzel -1948. Published: National Geographic magazine -1950<\/p><\/div>\n<div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Nepal&#039;s last car carrier\" width=\"1333\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lvT3iTi8yw4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 12px;\"><em>Car-carriers on their way to Kathmandu. VideoFootage: S. 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