मान्छे हराउने गाउँमा बन्छ आफ्नै कानुन || Lamjung को अन्तिम गाउँ Bhujung || सबैभन्दा ठूलो गाउँ छिर्दा
The Largest Gurung Village Bhujung Covered with houses everywhere Old houses, made of stones and mud Ancient houses and constructions Bhunjung of Lamjung is not only Big, its clean too Village with old tradition and typical village environment Has been protecting originality has been applying technologies for convenience Ropeway is made to carry materails from fields Will see the unique houses of Bhujung Some of our ancestors use to make this type of houses Village having history of centuries Nearly 500 houses in village One can hear old stories from the locals I have started carrying from 14 years Have carried salt in huge amount Will hear history from knowned person This is a hidden village so it is often called virgin village Pam and Fajung started living here so the name "Bhujung" is given to this village Will start our trip from beshisahar We will enjoy the beautiful scenes on the way in between lies the Ghalegaun Will visit Ghalegaun as well Beautiful greenary nearby villages Feels heavenly Will move towards destination through difficult way At last we will reach Bhujung Ancient village Flooded with houses Village filled with hospitality (inviting Guests in local Gurung language) This is Besishar, headqurter of Lamjung District beautiful city in the bank of marsyangdi River Having all facilities, besisahar is huge in size Besisahar becoming busy in prime time of day Various items are kept for sale in market The main route to reach here seperates from "Dumre" Its 2 hour drive from "Dumre" a place between Mugling and Pokhara We are now at Besisahar its a district headquarter of Lamjung District We can visit beautiful villages From besisahar There are Gurung villages in Lamjung Dense Villages Among them today we are heading towards Ghalegaun After Ghalehaun we will reach Bhujung Ghalegaun lies on the way we will visit that We will Reach Bhujung and stay there We reserved a vehicle from besisahar It will charge NRS 12000 both way fare Two friends are with us from Lancaster PA USA We are moving away from Besisahar Narrow road, black topped Down below is the Besisahar Black Topped road ends and Gravel starts Tractors are more in number on the way Used to deliver necessities for the villages above Roads made on the mid of hills We reserved the vehicle But Driver added other passenger We let him do so one traveled on the top of vehicle As per the topography the road isn't difficult Well gravelled road Suitable for 2 wheelers and 4 wheelers as well The road is dusty though Down below is Beisahar, the road way from there Cultivable land Problem in tractor made the way blocked not enough space to go problem in tractor Drive trying to resolve it The tracotr made the way jammed tractor on the midway made obstruction We have to wait until its recovery Try this one travellers watching the repairment of tractor lets try once more no any sign to start Even worst signs to start Engine started Will you stay there? Our friend wants to stay there we halt 1 hour there More vehicles halted due to that tractor This is Puma hill "Lalteen House" Resort Can we see something from here? Very beautiful view form there Very beautiful view of Besisahar from here Marsayangdi River Besisahar on its bank Terrace Farming Our destination is Bhujung We will reach there by the evening Ghalegaun lies on the way We will halt on Ghalegaun and continue again Bhunjung is pretty huge village We are excited to see that largest gurung village The road is more comfortable its like black topped May be plan to make it black topped Road is under construction Making quality roads This is the entrance for Ghalegaun This gate welcomes after 2 hour drive from Besisahar After 2 hour we reached this Ghalegaun beautiful gurung village We can see typical gurung village here Lets see from inside Using small pavement we are entering ghalegaun Beautiful houses using red roofs Local busy in daily chores Tourists are busy roaming The road made between stone walls This road reaches whole village Road connects every houses its feels unique to roam this type of village Pure village, disctinct environment Ghalegaun is tourism village of Nepal Many tourists prefer to be here nepali as well as foreign tourists used to visit houses having old design Gurung Culture Village environment and hospitality lets visit the whole village Ghalegaun lies in Kholasothar R.Municipality of Lamjung Located at 2100m above sea level Perfect cold climate to stay it is a model tourism village of Aisa infact the place is too beautiful About 100 houses together Decorated with old houses Small but beautiful village in ancient time Ghale use to rule here On the name of that Ghale king the name Ghalegaun is given Many homestays operates here nowadays The main occupation of villagers is tourism Along with tourism people do agriculture Mountains like Machapuchre annapurna, Mt. lamjung, himalchuli, Manaslu, Ganesh Himal Beautiful view of mountains Dense village at the top hill Stone houses with colourful roof View of mountains Its like real paradise Ghalegaun is the first smart village of Nepal Gurung community is rich in culture Must reach ghalegaun to observe art and culture The main attraction is dance Different dances are performed as per tourists demand We hiked the village to reach this grassland Green field, cattles are grazing Above there is Koibodhin One should not miss this place while visiting ghalegaun Greenary with majestic view This is Koibodhin Various stautes are inside there In the mid of the ground is a Uttarkanya Temple There isn't statue inside Water source is worshipped assuming Goddess Water flows from south to north here Sacrifice of Animal isn't allowed Piegons are freed here to wish peace Satkanya Kuwa nearby the temple Kuwa(Well) lies inside that wall Seven Wells at a place Having water every seasons Fresh water inside well Years before, this was the main source of water for Ghalegaun Football match at ghalegaun Its enjoyable to watch football This sweet was called "Sunpapri" at our childhood Was also called "Jhus Mithai" This reminds me my childhood Old memories This is the modified form of Sunpapri After having Sunpapri, we are heading towards Bhujung one more hour to go The road is difficult now Ghanpokhara welcome gate We will not halt here Will visit Ghanpokhara later View of sunset is beautiful Will take half and hour more Is bhujung on more height? No we are descending Locals waking on the side of roads May be returning from market Again Tractor May create problem again Can see road on the hills The road is construced amazingly May be built with hard labour Salute to those who made this Before this road, the journey to bhujung was difficult its not long that Bhujung is connected with road way its just 10/15 years now we can travel through vehicles in a comfortable way Driver telling us that we are near Bhujung But there is no sign of village Cant see village from far He is telling us that we will lost in Bhujung The village seems huge one can lost there easily Till now no any sign of village A beautiful tea garden here Now we have entered village But cant see till now its amazing topography Come on dude We entered a homestay at dark We cant see village today Tomorrow we will visit village We wake up at 7 We can see houses there The largest village but no sign of that till now one cant see all house from here artistic pot for wine To take whole view one should reach ward office We are using stairs to reach there This is Old "Charkha" Rare item protected here Firewood stored there Villagers busy cleaning area They are concerned in cleanliness Today is saturday, day to clean Are you cleaning mother? is it a day to clean? Every saturday we clean village We clean our area The location of bhujung seems different River flows in between to hills On the western slope of East hill lies the village So its difficult to see whole village at once From the top of ward office one can see beautiful view So we are moving there We descend from Ghalegaun to reach Bhujung Ghalegaun was on 2100m but this is at 1600m altitude That is ward office Lamjung Kholasothar-4 office We will see from the top really a beautiful view from the top 450 houses densly arranged Everywhere houses Lets see around, what we will see A typical Gurung village having ancient culture one should visit Bhunjung to see Gurung Culture Here one can view "RODHI" and Gurung Dances Gurung use to live in group from begining Majority of gurung villages are of same type today even Gurungs are social, helpful and friendly Alone in Lamjung, there are 300 Villages like this The village has history over 700 years hidden village, one cant see it from far no one can see it, so its called Virgin "Kumari" Gaun Huge village Before it was a whole VDC Today even its a whole ward of a rual municipality This is regarded the last village of Lamjung No viilages are found beyond We again started walk in village There are rounded houses in village old rounded houses are attractive Gurung came from "Kohla" there They came from place called Kohla above there Some of our ancestoes made this type of round houses Now many other structures of houses are made Few rounded house are even today These are too old Which is the oldest house in this village? These structures are the oldest among all That is modernize the main occupation here is Tourism and Agriculture Old people never wore dress made outise village Aged people wear local dress even today New generation are modernized Village make their own rule along with Common rules A meet called "Bhadau Sabha" held here Bhadau Sabha make rules Every year in "Bhadra" month, the rule for village is made Bhadau Sabha declares wage rate Declares rate of locally made products Rate of agricultural products is declared One go against rule is punished Locals use to promise to obey rule touching Khukuri They call it "Dharma Samatne" until today, the rule is made in the same way But is made accordance with the Constitution of Nepal Rules are made on Practicality In fact, Bhujung is so big that someone can lost here Homestay can't be found Should ask to locals Can make call to tell the nearby homestay number Mobile phone network is good enough in village in this village "Rodi" used to practised earlier Still now, Rodi is performed but in modified form Due to lack of discipline, Rodi came to end Indiscipline entered in Rodi At that time, School were not there in village indiscipline occoured Boys and Girls used to be together in Rodi They were not disciplined We discontinued Rodi with our decision School opened later students diverted due to entertainment So we discontinued it Now only in day time Sometimes in night as well To discuss on some serious matters reagding work For that purpose only Girls use to gather nowadays On the top of hill there is dense Village On the lower side, gradually village is thinly dispersed At the lower end is the vacant land The land is utilized by locals for agriculture Soil is fertile, rice and maize can be produced We have land there In this part, we produce barley now in summer rice is cultivated We have more lands there nearby the river We produce maize and other cerels there Millet is also produced After harvesting them, paddy is cultivated We do lot of agricultual task Earlier, no transpotation service was introduced here We have to produce everything here to survive Now we have transportation We bring neccessities from nearby markets Rice is scare here need to produce here withinn Mostly corn and millet produced What was the staple food earlier? Usually we took porridge Dhindo Made from maize or millet Before roadway, the life of Bhujung was difficult They use to carry items on their back for several days They travelled lot for salt, oil and food stuffs At that time they dont have cash They performed barter trade, exchanged village products Kal Bahadur Gurung remembering old days At that time we dont have cash money We made handicrafts from bamboo Carried that, placed in market We exchanged that for salt, oil and rice We carried from Narayanghat how long you should travel? 12 days Do you remember carrying goods by yourself? yes i have carried I started carrying at 14 years Carried a lot of Salt At 14 years age Carried iron as well There is settlement at top hill Land lies down below They should go up and down to carry produce of land is cumbersome There is a ropeway in Bhujung It made life easier Here is the top station of Ropeway The rope can handle heavy items Down there is cultivable land Agricultural items can be brought using this ropeway We can see a Gondola there A mechanism is made here made by the assistance of Japan made farmers life easier There are 450 houses in bhujung will take more time to reach every houses in Bhujung though the village is big, one cant see this from distance hidden village, 700 years old We met ward chairman to know more about village We found amazing history How many houses are here? 450 houses here its hidden so called Kumari Village Pam and phoju gurungs started living here so its called Bhujung in another say hunters use to live here earlier On their name the village was named Bhujung The life of villagers became convinient as time passes Roadway has been made, tansportation is possible People diverted from agriculture to tourism More tourists visited Homestay has been established tourists became happy visiting here Far away from city The place is perfect for tours Tourism added income life standard has been increased To carry stuffd was cumbersome Now everything can be brought through roadway Life is not difficult now Before some decades, villagers were indisciplined Gambling and hunting was their regular task Alcoholism made people bankrupt After 2050, ACAP resolved this mothers group were formed Village became disciplined and developed People used to hunt earlier landlords used to gamble and alcoholism was routined many villagers lost their land and houses play cards, made fake documents to take house and lands in 2050 ACAP was eastablished After that, mothers group was formed Gambling was prohibited Hunting animals was restricted Forests was conserved That organization made new rules and regulations Now everthing is okay Womens empowerment is the feature of gurung village Womens are more active than male counterparts Womens are respected by all When mothers are active, village became disciplined Women plays active role in development of village They settle disputes and run homestays I have started homestay 15 years before There is no any issues in running homestays Everything is fine How is the flow of tourists? Many tourists used to visit earlier Due to pandamic, the flow is decreased inviting guests to visit Bhujung in Gurung Language We visited Bhujung and it was a great time here We lost in village environment Now its the time for goodbye Homestay owner is putting us Tika Please visit again, have a safe travels Please come again with family We had a great time in village Hey, we have visited the place where human losts Now its your time to visit bhujung is ready to welcome you
2022-04-08 05:56
