Bouddhanath Stupa
Tuesday, December 18, 2007Therefore, we tour this stupa immediately after arrival and check into guest house to freshen up. There was a power black out while we were circumbuating the stupa.
While cicumbulating, we turn the prayer wheels and also chant mantra.
This is a picture of the Boudanath Stupa taken during the day. Look how inspiring!!
With a diameter of about 100m and a height of 40m, Bouddhanath is among the largest stupas in the world. The Bouddhanath stupa covers a vast area that has a circumbulatory path at the bottom and another path made of three-tier plinth. The stupa looks similar to Swayambhunath but many features in this stupa are pinnacles as well as 108 Buddhist Gods and Goddesses. The most attractive part of the Stupa is the all seeing eyes of the Buddha painted with red, white and blue.
It is believed that King Manadeva built the Bouddhanath stupa during the Lichavi period. It has been renovated time and again and the present form of stupa was renovated in the 17th century.
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