This familiar peak of the east being one of the surrounding mountains of the Kathmandu Valley has an altitude of 9,720 feet. This mountain aptly named as such (Flowertop), it is no less than a natural garden of Rhododendrons, wild roses, yellow jasmine Iris and other native flowers. A Buddhist shrine is on the top which, according to chronicles, is supposed to be a place from where Bipasway Buddha had offered flowers to Lord Swayambhu Nath when the whole of Kathmandu valley was a lake. The name Phulochcha or Phulchowki is, thus, after this floral offering.
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