Swayambhunath (Monkey Temple) Kathmandu

Travel in Kathmandu

Swayambhu is an ancient religious architecture atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city.

Swayambhu is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in the north-west parts of the temple. They are holy because Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom and learning was raising the hill which the Swayambhu Stupa stands on. He was supposed to leave his hair short but he made it grow long and head lice grew. It is said that the head lice transformed into these monkeys.

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