Bandipur indicate that the surrounding region located on a 1,000m ridge in Tanahun district some 140km from Kathmandu, Bandipur's hallmark is its beautiful scenery. At the eastern part of the town is the pagoda-roofed Bindabasini temple which house goddess Durga, Bandipur's guardian deity. The rich wooden carving and detailed brass-work that adorned the temple are replicas of those found in the many old pagoda structure of the Kathmandu Valley. The other important temples and shrines in the vicinity include the Mahalaximi temple with its exquisite woodwork and the Khadga Devi temple which comes alive once a year during the Dasain festival. On terrace fields, these communities grow millet, corn and mustard.
Rice grows on the irrigated fields.
Fruits growing are gaining in popularity, particularly citrus. Women, when not working in the fields, can be found weaving cloth and baskets. The Magar and Gurung menfolk have traditionally joined the Gurkha forces in the Indian and British armies. Bandipur has a mountain resort at one end or Tudikhel and another is coming up above the town. This unique flattop, right by a precipitous cliff which falls away towards the Marsyandgdi valley far below.