Matatirtha

Matatirtha मातातीर्थ
Village of Chandragiri Municipality
Pond at Matatirtha
Matatirtha Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°40′N 85°14′E
Country	Nepal
Province	No. 3
District	Kathmandu District
Government
• Type	Local Government
• Ward Chairman	Santosh Khadka
• Ward Secretary	Purna Bahadur Bika
Population  (2018)
• Total	5,982
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)

Matatirtha is a village and former Village Development Committee that is now part of Chandragiri Municipality in Kathmandu District in Province No. 3 of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2,799 living in 506 households.[1] Its population has now grown to 5,982 spread over 1,314 households.[2]^[citation needed] Santosh Khadka was elected as Ward Chairman of Matatirtha through a local election.^[citation needed]

Etymology

The word Matatirtha comes from two Sanskrit words, "Mata" meaning mother and "tirtha" meaning a sacred place. The VDC owes its name from a sacred pond in the VDC dedicated to mother. Matatirtha is a sacred place and famous because of the religious aspects and values. Every year on mother's day thousands of people gather together to celebrate the day. Only the people who don't have their mother take a dip into the sacred pond and perform religious rituals in the temple. People from different religions visit and worship there.[3]

See also

• Matatirtha Temple, Hindu temple
• Matatirtha Aunsi

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
2. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Archived from the original on 2008-10-12. Retrieved 2008-08-28.
3. Mata Tirtha Aushi^[usurped], We All Nepali, retrieved 9 December 2019