Famous all over the world as the original home of the Gorkha soldiers, the small town of Gorkha is situated on a hillside overlooking the snowy peaks of the Himalya. Gorkha is the ancestral home of the Shan dynasty and it was from here that King Prithivi Naryan Shah started his historic conquest and unification of the many scattered and feudal states which eventually became Nepal.
Gorkha's most famous landmark is the old Royal Palace of King Prithivi Naryan Shah, situated on the top of a hill some thirty minutes walk from the main town. In the eastern part of the temple complex is the famous temple of Gorkhanath. Gorkha is accessible by road from Kathmandu or Pokhara.
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