Date: 1965-05 Location: Pokhara, Kaski Description: In the Matepani neighborhood of Pokhara, young Buddhist monks from Manang (Nyeshang Valley) are preparing and leveling the ground for the foundations of a temple and monastery. It is now the location of Nyeshang Monastery and Matepani Gompa (also called Manangi Gompa and Karma Dubgyu Choling Gompa). The houses and Sitala Devi Mandir(barely visible) just below are along a trail that is now Mahendra Pul Road. Two kilometers west (to the right) along this trail there was a footbridge over the Seti Gandaki to central "downtown" Pokhara.
