250px, main temple of Kotihom Kotihom Dham is a religious site in

Eastern Development Region, Nepal The Eastern Development Region ( Nepali: पुर्वाञ्चल विकास क्षेत्र, ''Purwānchal Bikās Kshetra'') was one of Nepal's five development regions. It is also known as Kirata region. It was located at the ...

. It is located in the Kankai Municipality of

Jhapa District Jhapa District (; ) is a district of Koshi Province in eastern Nepal named after a Rajbanshi Surjapuri language word "Jhapa", meaning "to cover" (verb). The 2021 Nepal Census, puts the total population of the district at 994,090. The total ar ...

. Other names it famously goes by are ''Kankai Mai'' and ''Kankai Dham''.

History

Since a long time ago people have come to worship in the

Kankai River The Kankai River (, also referred to as Kankai Mai) is a trans-boundary river flowing through the hills of Ilam and the plains of the Jhapa District in Nepal. It begins at the confluence of the Mai Khola and Deb Mai Khola rivers. The river ...

. They believe that doing so will fulfill their wishes. In the same way, in

Poush Poush (; ) is the 9th month of both the Bengali calendar and the Nepali calendar. It overlaps December and January of the Gregorian calendar. It is the first month of the winter season. This month marks the start of Winter (, ''Sheat'') in the Be ...

of 2042 B.S. a great worship was done whole month in the leadership of yogi Narharinath. After that, this place developed into one of the religious sites of Nepal.

References

Religious buildings and structures in Nepal Jhapa District {{Jhapa-geo-stub