Kathmandu valley">"Swayambhunath Stupa" => Kathmandu valley
September 11th 2008 Swayambhunath Stupa.... watches over the Valley from the top of a hillock on its western side just three kilometres west of the city centre. The stupa is one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Nepal and its establishment is linked to the creation of the Kathmandu Valley out of a primordial lake. Swayambhu is also known as Samhengu. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monke
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