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Boudhanath Stupa: 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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