Tansen

Tansen is a municipality and the administrative centre of Palpa District in the hill country of central Nepal. It sits on the highway between Butwal and Pokhara, on the crest of the Mahabharat Range, also called the Lesser Himalaya, overlooking the valley of the Kaligandaki River to the north. The highway bypasses the town centre on the west, which protects the pedestrian character of the old centre, a maze of steep, narrow, winding alleys lined with Newari shophouses and temples. Its old centre is therefore a compact hill town of Newari buildings rather than a roadside strip.