Matatirtha Temple

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{{Infobox Hindu temple

|name=Matatirtha Temple

|native_name=मातातीर्थ मन्दिर

|image=Matatirtha Temple-9020.jpg

|caption=Matatirtha Temple in 2020

|deity=

|festivals=Matatirtha Aunsi

|location=Chandragiri Municipality, Bagmati Province

|country=Nepal

|map_type=Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal

|coordinates={{coord|27.67962592576222|85.23107015889589}}

}}

Matatirtha Temple ({{langx|ne|मातातीर्थ मन्दिर}}) is a Hindu temple in Matatirtha, Chandragiri Municipality, Nepal.{{Cite news|date=22 April 2012|title=24 hours in pictures|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2012/apr/22/24-hours-in-pictures|access-date=10 October 2021|issn=0261-3077|archive-date=3 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103032933/https://www.theguardian.com/news/gallery/2012/apr/22/24-hours-in-pictures|url-status=live}}

The temple is famous for the Matatirtha Aunsi festival, a day to honour mothers and motherhood.{{Cite web|last=Shrestha|first=Dipesh|date=23 April 2020|title=Photos: Matatirtha Temple premises all silent and empty amid coronavirus fears|url=https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/photos-matatirtha-temple-premises-all-silent-and-empty-amid-coronavirus-fears/|url-status=live|access-date=10 October 2021|website=My Republica|language=en|archive-date=11 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511161307/https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/photos-matatirtha-temple-premises-all-silent-and-empty-amid-coronavirus-fears/}}{{Cite news|title=Happy Mother's Day!|work=The Himalayan Times|url=https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/happy-mothers-day/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112015145/https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/happy-mothers-day/|archive-date=12 November 2020}} According to the legends, during ancient Nepal a farmer visited the pond in the premises of the temple to quench his thirst whilst drinking it, he saw his late mother's face reflected in the pond.{{Cite web|title=Matatirtha empty as Covid-19 prohibitory orders keep people away|url=https://kathmandupost.com/visual-stories/2021/05/11/matatirtha-empty-as-covid-19-prohibitory-orders-keep-people-away|url-status=live|access-date=10 October 2021|website=The Kathmandu Post|language=English|archive-date=16 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816153408/https://kathmandupost.com/visual-stories/2021/05/11/matatirtha-empty-as-covid-19-prohibitory-orders-keep-people-away}}