Sunset at the temple

Bodhnath Stupa, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

 

This is the largest stupa in Nepal and the holiest Tibetan Buddhist temple outside Tibet. A stupa (from Sanskrit: m., स्तूप, stūpa, Tibetan མཆོད་རྟེན་ chöten, Sinhalese: දාගැබ, Pāli: थुप "thūpa", literally meaning "heap") is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the ashes of Buddhist monks, used by Buddhists as a place of meditation.

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