Kathmandu 2: Boudanath

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The great stupa at Boudhanath is really something...It is one of the world's largest stupas as well as probably being the most important outside Tibet ,and despite it being clearly a very sacred religious site, the square and buildings around the stupa had quite a 'European" look, which all added to the womderful mixture and beautiful mixture of sights and sounds. There were many many monks walking around - one we met had gone the wrong way and when he realised it broke into the most luminous smile I have seen for a very long time - it totally transformed his face - as he laughed with us. In the midst of all the pilgrims doing the kora (prostrating themselves around the dome) or walking around and turning the prayer wheels, on the other side of the walkway was this array of tourist shops with stalls and coffee shops, roof top restaurants etc, which seem to be mostly run by Tibetans.

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Photos

Boudhanath Scene 5
Entrance to square