Bodhnath Stupa (Boudhanath), Kathmandu
Kathmandu, Nepal · 1951
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27.72150°N, 85.36200°E
Key Facts
- ◆ Said to enshrine relics of Kashyapa Buddha, the third Buddha of the present world-aeon.
- ◆ About a hundred feet high, with a three-tiered circumambulatory platform and enormous painted eyes on the four sides of the top-piece.
- ◆ Sangharakshita visited the Chinia (Chinese) Lama in a two-storeyed Tibetan-style building adjoining the stupa.
- ◆ Now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world.
“One of the first things I saw was Bodhnath, the great stupa to the east of Kathmandu that was said to contain relics of the former Buddha Kāśyapa… on each of the four gilded sides of the top-piece there was painted an enormous pair of eyes.”
— Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
Source: Facing Mount Kanchenjunga
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