Phulchoki hill is the highest forest hill located on the
south- east of Lalitpur
district. The road touch from Godavari to Phulchoki
hill. Phulchoki Mai is on top of the hill. It is visited by devotees who pray for
wealth. It is especially frequented during falgun-purnima mela. This hill become the main destination of snow
lovers.
There is a small
temple single-storey Bhairab with a typanum depicting Tara on her vehicle, the Vrish-Hansha
and Garuda. The remains of a Sitala image and stone images of Vishnu and
Bhimsen are inside this temple.
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There are two
water-tanks, one tank with nine dharas which date from the seventeenth century.
Above of water tank, there is a stone Buddhist chaitya containing the images of
Ratna Sambhava Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Amoghsiddhi Buddha and Akshobhya Buddha.
At the entrance of the
temple compound, there are ceramic image of Yamadut and a lion. Inside the
compound, there is the three-storey Phulchoki shrine. The tympanum portrays
Basundhara Devi; the struts which support the brass roofs are carved with the
Ashtamatrikas.
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