Swayambhunath

Photographs of Swayambhunath, Nepal

Prayer wheels
Child spinning prayer wheels
Swayambhunath
Ascending the eastern staircase
Stupa
Stupa of Swayambhunath with the eyes of the Buddha
View west
Looking west from the main sanctuary at Swayambhunath
Woman and lamps
Butter lamps inside the Dongak Choling Gompa
Masks
Carved wooden masks representing devils and deities
Painters
Men whitewashing the stupa
Dorje
Celestial thunderbolt at the entrance to the sanctuary
Macaque with apple
Rhesus macaque eating apple

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