Devi's Falls of Pokhara; mysterious and amazing

At first the name of Devi's Falls was Patale Chhango. Many visitors and other people don't know how Devi's Falls got it's name. An accident lead the Patale Chhango to get it's name Devi's Falls. The accident took place on the 31st july 1961. The accident was so violent and terrific. In July 1961, a Swiss couple were on a trip to Pokhara for sight-seeing of Pokhara and they came to Patale Chhango . When they saw the clear pond beside the Fall, they couldn't stop themselves without taking a swim in the pond and finally get into the pond for swimming. At that moment, they were not aware of coming danger. While swimming, unexpectedly, the normal flow of water got changed into turbulent motion. The speed of flow of water was furious. In rainy season, the turbulent flow of water sounds of roaring like an angry lion. Then the furious flow of water swept them towards pit. Devi's husband miracalely got a rock and survived but Mrs Devi fell into the pit and died. No one dared to rescue them . All people were frightened of the motion of water. After three days her body was found in the river named Phusre river. Then Devi's father was called and he immediately came to Pokhara. As Devi's father wish to give the name "Devi's Falls" to Patale Chhango, "The City Development Committee Kaski "agreed the proposal. Devi's father donated some amount of donation to the committee and requested to build a park around Devi's Fall. Now, the park covers an area of 10 ropani. Devi's Fall is located in Chhorepatan in Tansen-Pokhara highway. Devi's Fall is the deepest cave in the asia. The height of Devi's Fall is 48 metres and it is 1479 metresa long. Many explorations were made for the Devi's Falls. The first exploration was made in 1970, the second exploration in 1980 and the third in 1982 by D.Gebauer,The Atlas of the Great Caves of the World group. The experts like D.Gebauer said that Devi's Falls had created the cave beside it called Gupteswor Cave some 500-600 years ago. In the summer season, the big flow of water is seen and the hot stream comes by striking the water on the rocks which attracts the local and the foreigners to visit Pokhara. But in winter, the flow is slow. To get to Devi's Falls, different vehicles are available in the city. People can go to Devi's Falls by micro bus, microvan, taxi, bicycle and motorbike. So, if you haven't visited Pokhara and the Devi's Falls then hurry up!!!!!