Matatirtha

Matatirtha मातातीर्थ
Village development committee
Pond at Matatirtha
Matatirtha Location in Nepal
Coordinates: 27°40′N 85°14′E / 27.667°N 85.233°ECoordinates: 27°40′N 85°14′E / 27.667°N 85.233°E
Country	Nepal
Zone	Bagmati Zone
District	Kathmandu District
Population (1991)
• Total	2,799
Time zone	Nepal Time (UTC+5:45)

Matatirtha is a village in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Zone of central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 2799 and had 506 households in it.^[1]

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.

Image of the mother

References

1. "Nepal Census 2001". Nepal's Village Development Committees. Digital Himalaya. Retrieved 2008-08-28.