Bouddhanath stupa ,the eye of Buddha all over the capital city
The Bouddhanath Stupa the eyes of Buddha all over the capital. There is one main physical focus – The Great Chorten or Stupa – in this once small village called Boudha to the east of Kathmandu . Hundreds of years ago it gained importance as a stopping point on the great yak caravan route from this valley to Lhasa, a shrine to leave offerings or petitions at journey’s start or end. These days, however, it is the heart of the growing Tibetan Buddhist community in the Kathmandu valley and has attracted all around it both refugees who fled their homeland when the Chinese invaded in 1959 and the Sherpas who have branched out from their traditional heartland in the Khumbu. We spent a couple of memorable mornings at Boudhanath, walking around and taking in the stupa from various vantage points. All around ...