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Nepal · Religious & Spiritual
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This full-day Kathmandu sightseeing tour covers some of the Kathmandu Valley's most important cultural and religious landmarks. Visit Kathmandu Durbar Square, Swayambhunath, Pashupatinath Temple, Boudhanath, and Patan Durbar Square, each known for its ancient architecture, temples, and shrines. These significant pilgrimage sites offer insight into the history, culture, and spiritual traditions of both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal.
These significant pilgrimage sites offer insight into the history, culture, and spiritual traditions of both Hindus and Buddhists in Nepal.
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Kathmandu Durbar Square stands in front of the old royal palace of the former Kathmandu Kingdom and is one of the three Durbar (Royal Palace) Squares in the Kathmandu Valley.
Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the Kathmandu Valley and is probably the most sacred among Buddhist pilgrimage sites. The complex consists of a stupa and various shrines and temples, some dating from c. 450 to c. 750 CE. The stupa has Buddha's eyes and eyebrows painted on it. The site has two access points: a long staircase leading directly to the main platform of the temple from the top of the hill to the east, and a car road around the hill from the south to the south-west entrance.
Pashupatinath Temple is a Hindu temple of Lord Shiva on the banks of the sacred Bagmati River. This "extensive Hindu temple precinct" is a sprawling collection of temples, ashrams, images, and inscriptions raised over the centuries, built on an area of 246 hectares (2,460,000 m²), and includes 518 mini-temples and a main pagoda house.
Boudhanath, also known as Khasti Chaitya, is a stupa with a massive mandala that makes it one of the largest spherical stupas in Nepal and the world. The stupa lies on the ancient trade route from Tibet, which enters the Kathmandu Valley by the village of Sankhu in the northeast corner and continues to the ancient and smaller stupa of Chabahil named Charumati Stupa, often called "Little Boudhanath".
Patan Durbar Square in Lalitpur has the ancient royal palace where the Malla Kings of Lalitpur resided. The Durbar Square is a marvel of Newar architecture. The square floor is tiled with red bricks. There are many temples and statues in the area, including the most famous Krishna Mandir.
You will be dropped back at your hotel at five in the evening.
Where this trip takes you
Swayambhunath hilltop stupa, Pashupatinath Temple riverside precinct, Boudhanath stupa, Patan Durbar Square
The route
The fine print
You need to walk around each monument.
Logistics
Your 6 days finish where they began, in Kasthamandap.
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