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Female tourist exploring monkey temple in Kathmandu

Buddhist shrine Swayambhunath Stupa - vintage filter. Stupa with Buddha wisdom eyes and praying flags - retro effect. Colorful praying flags and stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Wheel of Dharma and golden deer, a top of Tibetan monastery gates in Nepal. Buddhist symbol on top of a temple. The wheel represents the Dharma, the teachings of the Buddha.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Swayambhu Mahachaitya, a Buddhist temple complex on a hill in western Kathmandu - along with Borobudur, Swayambhunath is considered one of the oldest Buddhist temple complexes in the world. The age of the internal buildings is estimated to be around 2,500 years. The dominant element of the temple complex is the Buddhist stupa with the painted eyes, which is clearly visible from Kathmandu and is flanked by two Hindu towers. As in many other places in Kathmandu, Buddhist and Hindu places of worship are closely intertwined in Swayambhunath. The Eyes of Buddha are painted on all four sides of the harmika cube at the top of the stupa to symbolize the Buddha's wisdom seeing all things in all four cardinal directions. The nose symbol stands for Nirvana, the small circle is the 'third eye' of Buddha, symbol of spiritual awakening of knowledge and wisdom.

Pethub Stangey Choskhorling, commonly known as Betub Khiid and Bakula Rinpoche's Monastery, is a Geluk monastery in Mongolia

Temple of Changu Narayan located in Changunarayan VDC of Bhaktapur, Nepal. It is also indicated in World Heritage Sites by UNESCO.

Temple of Durbar square at Patan near Kathmandu in Nepal.

spinning prayer wheels at the Swayambhunath temple, meditation sessions at these monasteries

This is the Bagh Bhairav Temple in Kirtipur, Nepal. It was taken in April 1st, 2016.

Young Caucasian woman exploring in Bhaktapur Durbar square in Kathmandu

Lumbini, nestled in Nepal’s Rupandehi District, cradles profound significance. It is the exact spot where Queen Maya gave birth to Siddhartha Gautama—later known as the Buddha—around 623 BCE. The Mayadevi Temple marks this sacred event. Monuments, including the Ashoka Pillar, dot the landscape. The Holy Pond, Puskarini, whispers ancient rituals. UNESCO recognizes Lumbini as a World Heritage Site.

Punakha, Bhutan: Nepali-style chorten / stupa, Wolakha Nunnery, a Buddhist college located on a mountain side above the Punakha valley, financed by the fourth king's father-in-law. The Eyes of Buddha are painted on all four sides of the cube at the top of the stupa to symbolize the Buddha's wisdom seeing all things in all four cardinal directions.

At the highest point of the eastern end of the ancient city is the glorious monument of Chilancho Stupa, historians tell us that it is perhaps the oldest monument in the “citadel” town. The whole complex is really beautiful and quite large and consists of the stupa at the top, a monastery (mahavihar) to the south and residential houses on all other sides. There are a number of smaller stupas at the four corners of the main stupa. Historians, local people and scholars all tell us that the foundation of the stupa goes back to the time of the visit by Mauryan Emperor Ashoka, which makes it about twenty-three hundred years old.

Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu

Decoration of Nepali temple- Kathmandu, Neapl

A temple tower in Durbar Square in Kathmandu, Nepal.

Temples of Durbar Square in Bhaktapur, Kathmandu valey, Nepal.

Bhaktapur Durbar square in Kathmandu

The oldest temple of nepal, Changu Narayan Temple.

Kathmandu, Nepal: Swayambhu Mahachaitya (meaning 'self-sprung'), a Buddhist temple complex on a hill in western Kathmandu - along with Borobudur in Java, Swayambhunath is considered one of the oldest Buddhist temple complexes in the world. The age of the internal buildings is estimated to be around 2,500 years. It is the most sacred pilgrimage site for Buddhist Newars and the second most sacred site for Tibetan Buddhists. The dominant element of the temple complex is the Buddhist stupa with the painted eyes. The Eyes of Buddha are painted on all four sides of the harmika (cube at the top of the stupa) to symbolize the Buddha's wisdom seeing all things in all four cardinal directions. The nose symbol stands for Nirvana, the small circle is the 'third eye' of Buddha, symbol of spiritual awakening of knowledge and wisdom. The thirteen steps above the harmika symbolize the thirteen states of Bodhisattva's ground for the enlightenment or “Bodhi”.

Stupa with Buddha wisdom eyes and praying flags - vintage filter. Buddhist shrine Swayambhunath Stupa, Kathmandu, Nepal.

Traditional Nepal architecture

Hiranya Varna Mahavihar (The Golden Temple) buildings exterior in a sunny day in Lalitpur city, Nepal. Soft focus. Religious architecture theme.

Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city

Golden view of Swayambhunath Stupa Kathmandu,Nepal.

Prayer wheels in Tibetan temple in Kathmandu, Nepal

Kathmandu,Nepal,04,20,2019.Bhaktapur Durbar Square is royal palace of the old Bhaktapur Kingdom. It is one of three Durbar Squares in the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal, all of which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Swayambhunath Temple, Kathmandu, Nepal

Bhaktapur, Nepal - 30 March 2019: Cityscape of the building and street of the town.

A stupa with prayer flags

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