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Dharan is a town of having full potential in tourism development.
It's a tourist center of the eastern part of the country as
it is the gateway to the eastern hilly districts. It's a meeting
point of mountainous region and the Terai plains. The geographical
location, climate, religious shrines, places of tourist importance,
and places of religious and historical values make Dharan an
important destination of national and international tourists.
The Vijayapur hillock at the foot of which Dharan lies, many
different temples and shrines of both religious and historical
importance, rituals and fairs in those shrines, Bhedetar where
it is cool all the year round, Charles Point (Bhedetar View)
where the British Prince Charles had climbed, and Jatras and
fairs growing in Dharan add to the tourist trade developing
in Dharan.
Dharan is the gateway to beautiful tourist attractions of the
eastern hills of the country: Dhankutta, Taplejung, Kumbhakarna
Himal, Kanchenjunga, Makalu-Varun National Park, Arun Valley,
Tinjure-Milke (Rhododendron Protection Area), Gupha Lake, Hyatrung
Fall, and Sabha Pokhari. These too add to Dharan's importance
as a tourist center.
Different castes, creeds, ethnic groups and their traditional
cultures and life-styles too add to Dharan's importance as the
tourist center. Chandi naach of Rai people, Dhan naach of Limbus,
Lakhe naach and Gai jatra of Newar people, Selo of Tamangs,
Rodighar of Gurungs, Baalan and Sangini of Brahmin and Chhetris
are other attractions of Dharan.
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