Lekhnath

Lekhnath is a municipality in Kaski District in the Gandaki Zone of northern-central Nepal, about 180 km west of Kathmandu. It occupies the eastern half of the Pokhara Valley. This valley is politically divided to Pokhara city and Lekhnath city. Total population of the city was 71,434 per 2011 census. Composition of the population is 86% Hindu, 8% Buddhist and 6% others.Lekhnath is named after the famous Nepali poet Lekhnath Paudyal, who was born at Arghaun Archale, present ward no 6 of Lekhnath Municipality. The city is also entitled as the garden city of seven lakes. The seven lakes are Begnas, Rupa, Khaste, Depang, Maidi, Neureni and Gunde. Except Begnas and Rupa most of the other lakes are little known to the outsiders. There are total of 18 wards in the municipality with recently added the then VDC Bharatpokhari.Lekhnath possesses many terrains and mountain view sites. It is growing into a popular destination for hikers because of many beautiful routes through the hills with views of multiple lakes and majestic himalayas at the same time. Lekhanth, is the place from where you can catch the view of the whole Annapurna range including Machhapuchhre and Dhaulagiri.