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Quote: High on a hill west of Kathmandu stands a dazzling white stupa. This shrine is dedicated to Swayambhu, the self-created, all-encompassing original Buddha, who is Buddhist equivalent of the creator god. Two hundred thousand years ago, the valley... Read the full Swayambunath review
From journal Sacred Sites of the Kathmandu Valley
Quote: Perched high on a hill to the west of Kathmandu - about a thirty minute walk - is this temple, approached by a long flight of stairs, supposedly 365 stairs, but who counts them as they get steeper and steeper as you near the top. At the bottom of... Read the full Swayambunath review
From journal Sights and Sounds of Kathmandu
Quote: THE BRIEFSix kilometres along flat terrain, with a steep climb up to Swayambhunath. From Kathmandu's Durbar Square, cross the western part of the city and the Bagmati River, climbing up to the Monkey Temple. At the bottom of the temple turn... Read the full Swayambunath review
From journal Not Trekking in Nepal
Quote: I don’t know why, but Swayambhunath as described in the guidebook just didn’t do anything for me. After repeated temples in Asia maybe it was temple overload, or the knowledge of how unfathomable it would all be. Even as you approach Swayambhunath... Read the full Swayambunath review
From journal Kathmandu
Quote: Known also as the "Monkey Temple" due to the hordes of monkeys frequenting the temple and its surroundings, the huge stupa of Swayambunath perched high on a hilltop on the outskirts of Kathmandu provides a fine outlook over the city and the great... Read the full Swayambunath review
From journal Sanctuary at the Top of the World
Quote: In the afternoon (weather is better no mist) you could visit the hill of Swayambunath, 3 km outside the city. On the hill's top, a huge stupa looks after the valley. There is a stairway with 365 steps (one per day of the year). A stupa is a kind of... Read the full Swayambunath review
From journal the ways of Kathmandu