Small village just of few kilometres south of Kathmandu on top of a hill, near the famous Chobar gorge, which is said to be created by Manjushree so the water could flow out of the lake which now forms Kathmandu valley.
There is a temple of the 15th century in Chobar, the Adinath Lokeshwar Mandir, which is dedicated to Rato Machhendranath.