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Sali Nadi at Sankhu is the ancient Newari town located in the northeast corner of Kathmandu Valley. It is a 1-hour drive by car from the tourist hub of Thamel.
Sankhu is also known as Shankharapur for its famous ancient Sankha-shaped town structure. Where the Month of Magh is in the Nepalese calendar, Sali Nadi is like an attractive place for Hindu devotees.
As Hindus in Nepal worship goddess Swasthani and read the story about her, many Hindu devotees take fasting for a month and worship the Swasthani goddess.
Sankhu is also famous for Sali Nadi Mela. It is a small town, from where you can start hiking to Nagarkot’s viewpoint every time.

The festival begins every year on the first full-moon day of Poush (January), the ninth month of the Nepalese calendar in sali Nadi temple. In other places in Nepal during the Poush month, Goddess Shree Swasthani is worshipped every day, and reads the story of goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva.
It is also known as Swasthani Puja in Nepal. The devotees fast for a month eating only one time a day, taking always the holy bath in the morning, and wearing the nicely daily washed pure clothes. All of the hand and feet’s nail should be nicely trimmed while going through the Swasthani Book. Especially millions of Nepalese Hindus women practice this one month as long fasting to their husband’s prosperous life and unmarried women do the fasting to get an ideal husband in the future. During the month of Magh, many devotees go to Sankhu, Salinadi for ritual holly baths in the Salinadi River. It is also believed that having a ritual bath in the Salinadi River, may remove all the sins and bad activities.