INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE NEPAL's video: Travel Vlog Swayambhunath Stupa Monkey Temple

According to Swayambhu Purana, the entire valley was once filled with an enormous , out of which grew a . The valley came to be known as , meaning "Self-Created." The name comes from an -existent flame (svyaṃbhu) over which a sūpa was later built. There are holy monkeys living in the north-west parts of the . They are holy because Manjushri, the of wisdom and learning, was raising the hill which the 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. Manjusri had a vision of the Lotus at Swayambhu and traveled there to worship it. Seeing that the valley could be a good settlement, and to make the site more accessible to human pilgrims, he cut a gorge at Chovar. The water drained out of the lake, leaving the valley in which Kathmandu now lies. The Lotus was transformed into a hill and the flower became the for more info: www.incredibleadventurenepal.com facebook: https://www.facebook.com/incrediblead... twitter:https://twitter.com/NepalIncredible instagram:https//instagram.com/incredibleadventurenepal/