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boudhanath

Echoes of myth and monument

Among the many legends about the Boudhanath Stupa, one involves a poor poultry keeper Jhazima and the buffalo skin.Boudhanatha is in fact...

Ashish Dhakal

Let's only buy bio-degradable prayer flags

Long lines of multi-coloured prayer flags dangle from Buddhist stupas, they are strung up on Himalayan summits by mountaineers, and they flutter...

Ashish Dhakal

The stupa of a million dewdrops

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW60CnUgR-IThree elderly people look up with wonder and reverence, palms pressed together at the Boudhanath stupa towering over them. Sonam Yangjung Lama,...

A temple by another name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=iW60CnUgR-IUntil a few decades ago, the white dome of Boudha capped with its gilded tower and finial, and all-seeing eyes was so...

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