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Seto Gumba (White Monastery), Kathmandu 2013
Seto Gumba (White Monastery सेतो गुम्बा) also known as Druk Amitabh Mountain, is a Buddhist monastery in Nepal. It is located in the Nagarjun Municipality of Kathmandu District. It is located outside the Ring Road, north of Swayambhu Swayambhu ( sa, स्वयंभू) is a Sanskrit word that means "self-manifested", "self-existing", or "that is created by its own accord". Often, the word swayambhu is used to describe a self-manifested image of a deity, which was not made .... While it used to be open for public visitors on Saturdays, it remained closed after the 2015 earthquake for maintenance and is now open for public visits on each Sunday. References Buddhist monasteries in Nepal {{Nepal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, bordering the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, and India in the south, east, and west, while it is narrowly separated from Bangladesh by the Siliguri Corridor, and from Bhutan by the Indian state of Sikkim. Nepal has a diverse geography, including fertile plains, subalpine forested hills, and eight of the world's ten tallest mountains, including Mount Everest, the highest point on Earth. Nepal is a multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-religious and multi-cultural state, with Nepali as the official language. Kathmandu is the nation's capital and the largest city. The name "Nepal" is first recorded in texts from the Vedic period of the India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathmandu District
Kathmandu District ( ne, काठमाडौं जिल्ला; Nepal Bhasa: ये: जिल्ला) is a district located in Kathmandu Valley, Bagmati Province of Nepal. It is one of the 77 districts of Nepal, covers an area of , and is the most densely populated district of Nepal with 1,081,845 inhabitants in 2001, 1,744,240 in 2011 and 2,017,532 in 2021. The administrative headquarters of Kathmandu district is located in Kathmandu. Geography Kathmandu district is one of the three districts located in Kathmandu Valley, which itself is located in the hills of Bagmati Province. The district is located from 27°27′E to 27°49′E longitude and 85°10′N to 85°32′N latitude. The district is surrounded by: *East: Bhaktapur District and Kavrepalanchok District *West: Dhading District and Nuwakot District *North: Nuwakot District and Sindhupalchok District *South: Lalitpur District and Makwanpur District The altitude of the district ranges from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ring Road (Kathmandu)
Kathmandu Ring Road ( ne, काठमाडौं चक्रपथ) is an eight-lane ring road circling around the cities of Kathmandu and Lalitpur. The total length of the Ring Road is . It has a right of way of 62m (with 31m on either side of the center line). Route The road connects major places like Kalanki, Satdobato, Gwarko, Balkumari, Koteswor, Tinkune, Tribhuvan International Airport, Gaushala, Chabhil, Sukedhara, Maharajganj, Basundhara, Samakhushi, Gongabu, Balaju, and Swayambhunath. History In 2018, A section of was expanded eight-lanes in cooperation of the Chinese government. To ease traffic congestion at Kalanki, Nepal's first underpass was constructed in 2018. In 2019, Ring Road served as a sporting venue for Cycling events at the 2019 South Asian Games. Expansion The government has decided to expedite construction of the proposed 71.93 km Outer Ring Road that is supposed to encircle most of the urban areas in Kathmandu Valley. The Detail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swayambhunath
Swayambhu (Devanagari: स्वयम्भू स्तूप; new, स्वयंभू; sometimes Swayambu or Swoyambhu) is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. The Tibetan name for the site means 'Sublime Trees' ( Wylie: ''Phags.pa Shing.kun''), for the many varieties of trees found on the hill. However, ''Shingkun'' may be of the local in Tamang Bhasa name for the complex, Swayambhu, meaning 'self-sprung'. For the Buddhist Newars, in whose mythological history and origin myth as well as day-to-day religious practice Swayambhunath occupies a central position, it is probably the most sacred among Buddhist pilgrimage sites. For Tibetans and followers of Tibetan Buddhism, it is second only to Boudha. Swayambhunath is the Hindu name. The complex consists of a stupa, a variety of shrines and temples, some dating back to the Licchavi period. A Tibetan monastery, museum and library are more recent additions. The stupa has Bud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seto Gumba (White Monastery), Kathmandu 2013
Seto Gumba (White Monastery सेतो गुम्बा) also known as Druk Amitabh Mountain, is a Buddhist monastery in Nepal. It is located in the Nagarjun Municipality of Kathmandu District. It is located outside the Ring Road, north of Swayambhu Swayambhu ( sa, स्वयंभू) is a Sanskrit word that means "self-manifested", "self-existing", or "that is created by its own accord". Often, the word swayambhu is used to describe a self-manifested image of a deity, which was not made .... While it used to be open for public visitors on Saturdays, it remained closed after the 2015 earthquake for maintenance and is now open for public visits on each Sunday. References Buddhist monasteries in Nepal {{Nepal-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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