Taudaha Lake is a small lake in the outskirts of Kathmandu, in Nepal. The name, Taudaha Lake, comes from a combination of Newari words 'Ta', meaning snake and 'Daha', which means lake. The lake is believed to be a remnant pool of the huge lake that once existed where now the city of Kathmandu sits. According to mythology, a Buddhist mythical charact…Taudaha Lake is a small lake in the outskirts of Kathmandu, in Nepal. The name, Taudaha Lake, comes from a combination of Newari words 'Ta', meaning snake and 'Daha', which means lake. The lake is believed to be a remnant pool of the huge lake that once existed where now the city of Kathmandu sits. According to mythology, a Buddhist mythical character Manjushree cut the hill in the valley's south, allowing the lake's water to drain off, thereby creating land that was duly occupied by people. Folklore suggests that this "cut" in the hill is the Chobar Gorge, a narrow passage from which the Bagmati River exits the Kathmandu Valley. After the water of the ancient lake drained away, a few small lakes and ponds were created beyond the hills. Taudaha is believed to be one of those ponds.
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