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Boudha Nath: situated about 8 Kilometers.
from the main town of Kathmandu. This is declared to
stand as the largest Buddhist shrine of South Asia.
Built by a Lichchavi king named Man Dev in the fifth
century A.D. It has four pairs of eyes in the four
directions that keep watch for righteous behavior. Boudha Nath stands on an octagonal base and also
has ancient prayer wheels. It rests on a series of
three terraces and from the bird's eye view it takes
the relevant shape of a lotus flower, which indeed
remains a very holy object for the devout Buddhists
of the entire world. This shrine is surrounded by a
circular market, which forms a part of Town like in
Tibet.
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