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It used to be the only way to the temple, but in 2018 a cable car has been added to help with the growing number of visitors."],"facts":[{"key":"type","label":"Type","values":[{"text":"shrine","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q697295"},{"text":"pilgrimage site","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15135589"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13357831#P31"}},{"key":"located_in","label":"Located in","values":[{"text":"Kalinchowk Rural Municipality (rural municipality of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426793","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-rural-municipality"},{"text":"Dolakha District (district of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28621","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/dolakha-district"},{"text":"Bagmati Province (province of Nepal)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25104015","page":"https://diginpl.com/places/bagmati-province"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13357831#P131"}},{"key":"elevation","label":"Elevation","values":[{"text":"3,842 m","value":3842.0}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13357831#P2044"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinchowk_Bhagwati_Temple","https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13357831"],"faq":[{"q":"Where is Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple located?","a":"Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple is located in Kalinchowk Rural Municipality, Dolakha District, Bagmati Province, Nepal."},{"q":"What is the elevation of Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple?","a":"Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple is at an elevation of 3,842 m above sea level."}],"related":[{"name":"Mount Everest","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/mount-everest"},{"name":"Himalayas","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/himalayas"},{"name":"Kathmandu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kathmandu"},{"name":"Kangchenjunga","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kangchenjunga"},{"name":"Annapurna (mountain range)","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/annapurna-mountain-range"},{"name":"Dhaulagiri","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/dhaulagiri"},{"name":"Makalu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/makalu"},{"name":"Lhotse","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lhotse"},{"name":"Cho Oyu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/cho-oyu"},{"name":"Manaslu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/manaslu"},{"name":"Pokhara","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/pokhara"},{"name":"Lumbini","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lumbini"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[{"name":"Lapilang","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/lapilang","km":5.2},{"name":"Susma Chhemawati","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/susma-chhemawati","km":5.3},{"name":"Ghorthali","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/ghorthali","km":5.4},{"name":"Sundrawati","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/sundrawati","km":5.7},{"name":"Kalinchowk Rural Municipality","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-rural-municipality","km":6.2},{"name":"Khupachagu","url":"https://diginpl.com/places/khupachagu","km":6.2}],"image":{"url":"https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Kalinchok_bhagawati_Statue.JPG/960px-Kalinchok_bhagawati_Statue.JPG","width":640,"height":427,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Krish Dulal","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalinchok_bhagawati_Statue.JPG"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalinchowk_Bhagwati_Temple","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikipedia (Nepali): कालिञ्चोक भगवती","url":"https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%95_%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q13357831","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13357831","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Kalinchok bhagawati Statue.JPG by Krish Dulal (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalinchok_bhagawati_Statue.JPG","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Kalinchok bhagawati Statue.JPG — Krish Dulal, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Kalinchowk Bhagwati Temple\". DigiNepal. Last updated 3 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-bhagwati-temple. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-03T06:43:32Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-bhagwati-temple","en":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-bhagwati-temple","ne":"https://diginpl.com/places/kalinchowk-bhagwati-temple?lang=ne"}}