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Machha Devta Mandir (Fish God Temple) or Min Bhairav Mandir in Asan Bazaar, the busiest business center of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. This temple is near the Ganesh temple in Ason.

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English: Machha Devta Mandir (Fish God Temple) or Min Bhairav Mandir in Asan Bazaar, the busiest business center of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. This temple is near the Ganesh temple in Ason. It doesn't look like a temple, but there is a stone fish shape in the middle of the 4 feet high cement wall. That is why devotees worship the fish god or Min Bhairav. There is a small hole in the place where the fish god is. Where the water offered by the devotees flows in through the same hole. There is a belief that worshiping this fish god or Min Bhairav will fulfill one's wish. Devotees also light lakh lamps at this place. There is iron stand has been built to light a million lamps.
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Camera location27° 43′ 01.92″ N, 85° 19′ 26.4″ E  Heading=65° Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

Machha Devta Mandir (Fish God Temple) or Min Bhairav Mandir in Asan Bazaar, the busiest business center of Kathmandu Metropolitan City. This temple is near the Ganesh temple in Ason. It doesn't look like a temple, but there is a stone fish shape in the middle of the 4 feet high cement wall. That is why devotees worship the fish god or Min Bhairav. There is a small hole in the place where the fish god is. Where the water offered by the devotees flows in through the same hole. There is a belief that worshiping this fish god or Min Bhairav will fulfill one's wish. Devotees also light lakh lamps at this place. There is iron stand has been built to light a million lamps.

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