The Gorkha township is the Headquarter of the district of the same name. Gorkha is the birthplace of King Prithivi Nayaran Shah, the great, the founder of modern Nepal, hence it is the ancestral home of the Shah Kings of Nepal. Situated on a hill overlooking the snowy peaks of the Himalayas, there is a beautiful old palace known as Gorkha Durbar. The palace is said to have been built by King Ram Shah. King Prithivi Narayan Shah began his campaign to unify the kingdom from this palace of Gorkha. There are two attractive temples of Gorakhnath and Kali inside the palace precinct. Gorkha Durbar is certainly one of the most outstanding examples of Nepalese architecture. Only Hindus are allowed inside the temples of Gorakhnath and Kali, from where the town deri