Short Nepal City Tour / 1 Day City Tour Kathmandu For Pashpatinath & Boudhanath
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PASHPATINATH: Situated 5 km east of Kathmandu city , Pashupati
literally means “lord of animals” and is considered to be the
patron deity of Nepal. Pashupatinath is regarded as one of the
holiest site for Hindu all over the world. Pashupatinath temple is
a pagoda style two tiered temple with golden roof and exquisitely
carved four silver doors containing in its sanctum a phallic idol
with four faces facing in each direction and the other fifth one is
looking up towards the zenith. According to the ancient chronicle,
this temple dedicated to Shiva was constructed by Licchavi King
Supushpa Verma . However the present temple is claimed to have been
built by King Bhupalendra Malla in 1697 A.D. Legend has it that a
cow would frequently escape from its herds and offer milk on a
Jyotirlinga (phallic symbol of Shiva) which denotes the point where
the temple stands today. It is said that certain cowherd much to
his surprise found the self generated Jyotirlinga (Phallic symbol
of Shiva) when he dug the spot where the cow would give milk. The
spot immediately became the center of worship that has been
continued till today. A considerable part of the temple vicinity is
converted to rest and prayer areas. Behind the temple on the bank
of the Bagmati is a crematorium for Hindus. It is the wish of every
Hindu to be cremated on the bank of the Bagmati river near the
temple. In October 1979, Pashupati area was declared as the Wold
Heritage Site by UNESCO and the temple is being managed by
Pashupati Area Development Trust. The temple activities can be
observed from the back of the temple.
BOUDHANATH:The biggest stupa of Nepal is located 5km east of
central Kathmandu. The stupa stands on a three tiered platform
raised over the crossed rectangle in order to bring out the yatra
form .The claims made in various religious and literary texts
regarding the erection of the stupa is varied and conflicting.
However, the stupa is believed to have been built in the 5th
century A.D. during the reign of the Licchavi King. As in other
stupa architecture, this stupa also has Vairochana at the center
followed by Aksobhya ,Ratna Sambhave, Amitabha and Amogha Siddhi in
east , south , west and north directions respectively . Similarly,
there are one hundred and eight small niches around the stupa
accommodating the icons of Buddhas, Bodhistaves and other female
deities along with conjoint figures in erotic poses .Likewise, at
the bottom level; it is surrounded with the praying wheels embossed
with the famous mantra OM MANI PADME HUM fixed in more than hundred
and forty niches. According to a very popular legend, in ancient
time there was a poor girl in a magnet village of Nepal. She was
called Jyajima and was very pious and charitable by nature . She
had a deep desire to spread the faith of the Master and approached
the King for a piece of land where she could build a Stupa. Hence,
she built the Stupa with the help of her four sons as it stands
today. According to another very popular legend, in the ancient
days Kathmandu valley was under severe drought and this caused the
King Dharma Dev much concern and anxiety. Finally, the king was
advised by an astrologer that only the sacrifice of an ideal man
with 32 virtues infront of the dry royal water could bring rainfall
in the country. There was hardly anybody with such a great virtue
except the king himself. So the following night he commanded his
sons to go to the dry water spout near the royal palace at mid
night and behead the person clad in white robe without looking at
him. The prince (Mandev, the Licchavi King) obeyed his father and
to his great horror found that it was none other than his own
father that he had beheaded. In order atone for the heinous sin, he
prayed to Goddesses Vajrayogini , who ordered him to erect a stupa
and practice rigorous penance. He practiced great penance in
gunvihar where vagrayogini rests and it was due to his great
devotion there sprang out the present stupa of Boudhnath.
Short Nepal City Tour / 1 Day City Tour Kathmandu For Pashpatinath & Boudhanath
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