Official tourist guides in Halesi

Halesi Tuwachung Municipality has listed 25 official tourist guides by giving eight days of training.  Local guides are available for the trinity of Kirat, Buddhist and Hindu religions; those trained guides will explain the importance of Halesi. 

Halesi Cave, Khotang

 

Mayor of Halesi Tuwachung Municipality Bimala Rai said that the Municipality has organized the training with the aim of providing official information about the importance of Halesi tourist spots. An official tourist guide has been arranged to describe the tourist places like Halesi, Tarakhase, Tuwachung, Jayajum etc. Only official guides will be available as tourist guides in Halesi. The training held in the auditorium of Halesi Temple Management Committee for eight days.

The municipality organized the training in collaboration with Nepal Academy of Tourism and Hotel Management (NATHM). NATHM's department head Ajay Kumar Dhakal, senior administration officer Naresh Dangol, associate professor and cultural expert Dr. Loknath Dulal, Buddhist analyst Dr. Punya Prasad Parajuli and Kirat Mundhum analyst Bhogiraj Chamling Rai facilitated the training. Local people's representatives, Chief Dristrict officer Surya Prasad Sedai and tourism entrepreneurs observed the training.

After the training, the guides will be registered as a tourist guide for Halesi, the municipality said. Halesi is considered by Hindus as the Pashupatinath, by Buddhists as the second Lumbini and by the Kirats as a historical place. Ram Navami festival in May, Balachaturdashi festival in November, Shivratri fesival in February and Teej festival in August are being held in Halesi.

The Halesi is situated at elevation of 1400m from the sea level in Khotang district, Province no 1. Hindu, Buddhist and Kirat have their own belief about Halesi; has importance in natural, cultural and historical terms. Halesi is a popular destination for religious and cultural tourism. According to the temple management committee, there has been a significant increase in the number of tourists and devotees coming to visit Halesi.

Halesi Development Committee

The Halesi Development Committee has started discussions with Kirat Rai Yayokkha, political parties and Halesi Tuwachung Municipality to develop and promote tourism of the multi-religious site Halesi.

Tank Rai, Chairman of the Halesi Development Committee, introduced the plan made by Committee and its implementation.

During the discussion held with the representatives of Kirat Rai Yayokkha, it was informed about the construction of Kirat Rai's Chulo "Wood Stove" near Basaha Cave in Halesi.

Similarly on the meeting, Kirat Rai Yayokkha urged to make "cultural ring road" for connecting Halesi Cave with other cultural sites. Bhogi Raj Chamling suggested the name of Halesi Development committee should be changed to Halesi Development Fund and Halesi Cave should be renamed as "Khokchilipa Bukto".

Another meeting held with the political parties to discuses about future plans. Representatives of various political parties have put forward their suggestions on the issue. They also expressed their commitment to have positive support from all parties on how to make the overall Halesi better. Representatives of Communist Party of Nepal (CPN), Nepali Congress, Janata Samajbadi Party and Rastriya Prajatantra Party participated in the discussion.

Banking and remittance service in Halesi Tuwachung

List of Banks in Halesi Tuwachung

• Century commercial Bank, with visa network ATM
• Machhapuchhre Bank, with visa network ATM
• Salpa Bikash Bank

Also Remittance service is available in Halesi Tuwachung

Halesi Tuwachung is the religious and beautiful municipality of Khotang district, hilly region of Nepal. The municipality is popular for Halesi cave. halesi is supposed to be trinity of Kirat, Hindu and Buddhist. Hundreds of people visit in a day. A few dozen public transportation run every day. Probably already you been there, if not, at least you have a dream to be there. Good lodging and food available there. Enjoy Halesi Tour!

For further enquiry, you can contact to my friend, who operates and manages Halesi Tour, His Kathmandu based company name is Ace Hiking Pvt. Ltd.

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Home Stay training in Halesi

Home Stay training completed for local entrepreneurs of Halesi Tuwachung Municipality, Khotang. Home stay training is organized by Cottage and Small Industries development comity and Halesi Tuwachung Municipality.

Halesi is tri-religious center of Kirat, Hindu and Buddhist community. Home stay Training is conducted to promote tourism and pilgrimage in Halesi. Visitors will eat organic food and observe local culture through their villages.

Home Stay will be operated in Chyasmitar, Durchhim, Halesi and Arkhoule villages along the Mid-hill highway.

"Home stay program would make tourism promotion as well as economical growth" said Eban Rai, Mayor, Halesi Tuwachung Municipality.

Bridge over Dudhkoshi River: Direct bus Kathmandu to Halesi

Halesi, Khotang has finally been connected to national road network after Dudh Koshi bridge operation. Direct bus service is available at Chabahil, Kathmandu to Halesi for 8-9 hours. With the bridge now, the Halesi visitors has increased. The bridge was supposed to be constructed five years ago. 

Kalika Construction and Hulas Company had earlier agreed to complete the bridge construction in 2009.The 150 meter RCC suspension bridge, first of its kind in Nepal, was constructed at the cost of 11 crore rupees.

Residents are pleased as they can now use the newly constructed bridge to reach the district headquarter and other districts. Jayaram Bridge is Khotang’s major entry point and connects Bahunidada of Tuwachung municipality and Manebhanjhyang rural municipality of Okhaldhunga. In lack of direct route, both the residents and the Halesi visitors had faced numerous challenges.

With the bridge now in place, the costs of daily products were likely to reduce. Prices of daily products are comparatively higher as the district relied on porters to transport goods.

Mayor and deputy elected in Halesi Tuwachung Municipality

Halesi, July 5, 2017: Eban Rai, from Nepali Congress,  has been elected as the Mayor of the Halesi Tuwachung Municipality as he garnered 4397  votes to his closest rival UML's Khadendra Rais's 3997 votes in the recently held local election.

Halesi Tuwachung Municipality

Similarly, Congress’s Bimala Rai has been elected as the Deputy Mayor of the Municipality. She bagged 4496 votes to Uml ’s Manisha Rai's 3922 votes.

The second round of local level elections was held in 35 districts of province number 1, 5 and 7 on June 28.

Halesi VDC, a popular tourist destination in Khotang, has been declared as a Halesi Tuwachung Municipality.

Helicopter tour to Halesi (Holesung) Khotang

Kathmandu to Halesi road is still underconstruction. But bus is operating daily. It takes 8 hours by bus, and might be uncomfortable journey. Helicopter is the best option for pleasant journey.

Halesi is a remote area of Nepal, there is no airport in Halesi for the flight from Kathmandu. The Helicopter charter is best way to go Halesi Mahadev Darshan. Helicopter will take you from Kathmadnu to Halesi. Halesi is on if the ancient and holiest place of Nepal, which is called as The Pashupatinath of the Eastern Nepal. Halesi Temple is situated as the eastern hilly region of the country Khotang District.

Halesi is important place for Kirat, Buddhist and Hindu.  Kirat Mundhum, folk stories and other historical documents data back the Kirati civilization in Halesi to the pre-historic time. The ancient Mudhumi word for Halesi is 'Khuwalung'. The Kirati ancestors Toyama, Khiyama and Raichakule (Khokchilipa/Hechchhakupa) are supposed to have transformed their civilization into agricultural ara. In Tuwachung hill, people have found ancient remnants of archaeological importance like pottery, igniting stone and weaver. This justifies the aforementioned claim that Kirat civilization in Halesi really ancient.

Helicopter Tour in Nepal is popular day tour in Nepal Himalayas and remote hill area. Taking a Nepal helicopter tour over the Nepal Himalayas is a really wonderful adventure with panoramic view of mountains, hills, gorge, forests, rivers filled with awe-inspiring landscape. The Nepal Helicopter tour is time-honored choice for the mountain lovers who has short time period but wants to observe Nepal Himalaya. Nepal helicopter tour flight traveling gives you an exclusive opportunity to bask in the splendors of nature and experience heady airborne explorations of Nepal. Nepal, having high mountains and beautiful scenic countryside but is easily accessible by land transport, is known as "Helicopter Country". Aerial sightseeing flights in Nepal over the heritages and tourist spots are quite popular these days.