Salpa-Silichung area of tourist attraction

लगानी न्यूज

२१ आश्विन २०८२, मंगलवार १२:५३October 7, 2025

Bhojpur. The highest peak of Salpa-Silicho and the Salpa pond here have become the center of attraction of domestic and foreign tourists in recent period. Tourists coming especially on the Mundum trekking route have taken this place as a must-visit destination.

Silichung hill at an altitude of 4,TAG_OPEN_div_22 155 meters above sea level can observe Mount Everest and other mountains. The number of domestic and foreign tourists is increasing here for the mesmerizing view of the mountain range. The attraction of the beautiful scenery seen after climbing the peak has attracted the tourists.

The Salpa Pond located at the foot of the peak has special significance from the religious point of view.TAG_OPEN_div_20 Devotees worship here with the belief that their wishes will be fulfilled. Four times a year – on the full moon day of Baisakh, Bhadra, Kartik and Falgun – a fair is organized here. A large number of devotees from Bhojpur, Khotang, Sankhuwasabha, Dhankuta and Solukhumbu among other districts throng the festival to mark the festival, according to locals.

There is a tradition of religious shamans as the guru of power, while people reach here with the belief that those who do not have children will get children, those who do not speak will get children.

The Salpa Pond, which is spread in the shape of a bowl, is famous for changing its color from time to time.TAG_OPEN_div_16 The Kirat Rai community worships it as their ancestral deity.

According to local expert Chandra Khatri, if the Salpa-Silichung area is developed and promoted in a systematic way, it can become a popular religious-tourism destination like Pathibhara of Taplejung.TAG_OPEN_div_14 People travel here on foot for four to five days in the belief that their wishes will be fulfilled. The fact that famous mountaineer Tenzing Hillary used this route for ascending the Sagarmatha gives historical importance to this area.

Salpa Pond and Silichung Peak, which is full of natural beauty, religious faith and historical importance, have now become the major tourist destinations.TAG_OPEN_div_12 Locals believe that this area could be established as an important religious-tourism hub of Nepal if the infrastructure was developed and publicized.