Sundarijal

Sundarijal is a village development committee in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal.HistoryThe VDC was named after the Hindu goddess, Sundarimai. A temple is dedicated to the deity in Sundarijal.In 1960, the Sundarijal Military Detention Camp was the location of Nepali Congress leaders B.P. Koirala (the Prime Minister), Ganesh Man Singh, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Diwan Singh Rai, Ram Narayan Mishra, Yogendra Man Sherchan, and Jaman Singh Gurung. They were held without trial for eight years due to their participation in a 1960 coup.Geography and climateGeographical situationSundarijal is located 15km northeast of Nepal's capital, Kathmandu. It is west of Gagalphedi, east of Nayapati and Baluwa, and north of Aalapot. The VDC touches Nuwakot and Sindhulpalchok Districts to the north.