Namo Buddha
A hilltop stupa 52 km southeast of Kathmandu, marking where an earlier life of the Buddha is said to have given his body to feed a starving tigress and her cubs. It holds relics believed to be his bones and is one of the three great stupas of the valley.
- Where
- Dhulikhel, Bagmati, Nepal
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- 27.5711, 85.5842
Get the Namo Buddha stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Namo Buddha. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Bagmati volume with your photos and a note.
Near Namo Buddha
Kailashnath Mahadev Statue 14 km
A standing figure of Shiva, about 143 feet or 44 metres tall, on a hill at Sanga, some 20 km east of Kathmandu. It looms over the road to Dhulikhel and has become both a place of worship and a landmark of the valley's eastern edge.
Nagarkot 18 km
A hill station on the eastern rim of the Kathmandu Valley, about 32 km from the city, where people come to watch the sun rise over the Himalaya. On a clear morning the panorama stretches as far as Everest.
Nyatapola Temple 19 km
The tallest temple in Nepal, five roofs high, raised in just six months between 1701 and 1702 by King Bhupatindra Malla. Pairs of stone guardians, from wrestlers to lions and goddesses, line its steep stairway, and it has stood through four major earthquakes.
Bhaktapur Durbar Square 19 km
The royal square of the kings of Bhaktapur, who ruled from here until the kingdom fell in 1769. Its palace of fifty-five windows and golden gate face rows of temples, and the whole square is part of the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site.
Bajrayogini Temple 22 km
A complex of Tantric Buddhist temples in the forest above Sankhu, on the eastern edge of the Kathmandu Valley. Its main temple, built by King Pratap Malla, honours Vajrayogini, and the shrine is sacred to Hindus as well as Buddhists.
Changu Narayan Temple 22 km
One of the oldest Hindu temples in Nepal, founded in the 4th century on a ridge above Bhaktapur and dedicated to Vishnu. Its courtyard is full of stone sculpture from the Licchavi period, and it has been on the UNESCO World Heritage list since 1979.
Gokarneshwor Mahadev Temple 27 km
A Shiva temple by the Bagmati near Gokarna, a few kilometres northeast of Boudhanath. A sacred lingam sits in its sanctum, but the place is famous for the crowd of carved stone gods and figures gathered around it.
Boudhanath Stupa 28 km
One of the largest spherical stupas in the world, a vast white dome laid out as a mandala in the northeast of Kathmandu. Prayer flags stream from its gilded tower, and pilgrims walk clockwise around it past a ring of monasteries and shops.
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Questions
Where is Namo Buddha?
Namo Buddha is in Dhulikhel, Bagmati, Nepal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Kailashnath Mahadev Statue (14 km), Nagarkot (18 km), Nyatapola Temple (19 km).
How do I get the Namo Buddha stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Namo Buddha and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Bagmati volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Namo Buddha before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Bagmati volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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