Godawari, Lalitpur

Godawari is a municipality in Lalitpur District in Bagmati Province of Nepal. It was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former village development committees of Godawari, Badikhel, Bisankhunarayan, Godamchaur and Thaiba, and its area was enlarged in March 2017 to take in twelve former committees in all. Its centre is at Bajrabarahi. The 2011 census recorded 80,376 people, among them Newar, Chhetri, Tamang and Hill Brahmin communities, and most residents were Hindu with a large Buddhist minority. The article describes Godawari as a popular hiking destination for its wildlife and setting, and it is also described as famous for its botanical garden and the Godawari temple.