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As usual, once a place is very famous, and gets into the toursitic circuit, would be definitely fullfilled of guides, stuffs seller and so on.
Indeed, also here in the monkey temple (moreover in the main entrance >>not the stairs way!!), you will find a lot of small street seller, a lot of woman with cry’ kids that will try to sell you something or will ask you to take some pics in order to get some tip.
Written Feb 24, 2005
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As usual, once a place is very famous, and gets into the toursitic circuit, would be definitely fullfilled of guides, stuffs seller and so on.Indeed, also here...
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The Swayambhunath a.k.a. the Moneky Temple, could be named as the “symbol” of Nepal, indeed, everyone looking at the wellknown “third eye Buddha”, would immediately think about Nepal. The Monkey...
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Self-Created Stupa or Swayambhu Stupa
This magnificent temple is one of the oldest and holiest temple in the valley. According to the legend there was a great lake in the Kathmandu Valley, in the center of it a Lotus flower grew and when...
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Swayambhu, meaning the “Self-Created”
Although often referred to by the foreigners as the Monkey Temple, this given name does not mean that the temple is dedicated to Hanuman, the monkey-god. This is the result of the many monkeys taking...
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Swayambhunath - an island in the lake
It is said that the Kathmandu valley was once a lake and a legend says that the hill on which Swayambhunath stands was an island!
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