Sat, Mar 14, 2026
National
Seven Indian pilgrims killed in Manakamana microbus accident
Seven people injured in the accident have been taken to Anbukhaireni Hospital.bookmark
Hariram Upreti
Published at : March 14, 2026
Updated at : March 14, 2026 22:08
Gorkha
Seven Indian pilgrims were killed in a microbus accident in Gorkha on Saturday evening.
Suraj Aryal, chief of the District Traffic Police Office, Gorkha, said the microbus carrying 16 people, including 14 pilgrims, met with the accident while returning from the temple and plunged around 150 metres off the road at Kantar in Sahid Lakhan Rural Municipality-3.
He said the deceased include two women and five men, all Indian nationals who had travelled to Manakamana for worship.
Seven injured passengers have been rescued and are undergoing treatment at a hospital in Anbukhaireni.
Police said further details of the incident are under investigation.
Most Read from National
Editor's Picks
Can Gagan Thapa convince Nepal that experience still matters?
How Facebook’s algorithm is amplifying one party over all others
Five and half decades of KP Oli in Nepali politics
Nepal’s IT exports near $1 billion. Can the momentum be sustained?
Parties’ lofty pledges on economy collide with hard realities
E-PAPER | March 14, 2026
×




15°C Kathmandu.jpg)















