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The site has multiple access points: a long staircase leading directly to the main platform of the temple, which is from the top of the hill to the east; a car road around the hill from the south leading to the south-west entrance; and a less traveled stairway that meets the landing leading to the same south-west entrance.
Changu Narayan Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Nepal dating back to the fifth century AD, and Pashupatinath Temple is the largest temple complex in Nepal. [ 7 ] [ 9 ] Kathmandu Valley was listed as endangered from 2003 to 2007 due to the partial or substantial loss of the traditional elements of six out of seven monument zones and ...
Stupas in Nepal date back to the Licchavi period; a stupa is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing relics (such as śarīra – typically the remains of Buddhist monks or nuns) that is used as a place of meditation. [1] Swayambhunath is one of the oldest known buildings in the country and was likely built in the 5th century. [2]
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This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas in Nepal for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location. Kapilbastu District [ edit ]
Lumbini (There are over 60 excavation sites including Maya Devi Temple, World Peace Pagoda, Devdaha and Kudan Stupa / Nigrodharama), Kapilvastu District, Nepal; Ramagrama stupa, Nawalparasi District of Nepal; Koliya, Nawalparasi District of Nepal; Swayambhunath, Kathmandu, Nepal; Boudhanath, Kathmandu, Nepal
In addition the four sites mentioned earlier (Lumbini, Bodh Gaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar), the Buddhist texts later written by Buddha's followers also mention four more sacred sites where a certain miraculous event is reported to have occurred, thus completing the list of "Attha-mahathanani" (Pali for "The Eight Great Places") in India: [3]
Macaca sinica in the Bundala National Park, Sri Lanka. The toque macaque is listed as Endangered by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to habitat destruction and hunting, and also for the pet trade. Much of the original forested habitat of the toque macaque has been lost, between 1956 and 1993 50% of Sri Lanka's ...