This Shrine is the Mansion of the Sky (Mystische Element des Äthers, Himmels). Shantikacharya (The House of Peace). One of the 50 Buddhist Power Places acc. Keith Dowman. Partially damaged 2015 by earthquake.
/ damaged 2015
Map from U. Wiesner, Nepal, Du Mont Kunstreise-Führer 1997
Foto in Carl Pruscha, Kathmandu Valley, Vol. 2, 1st ed., Wien 1975
Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2014 A.D.
Swayambhu Mahachaitya, A Source of Buddhist Cultural Heritage of Nepal, http://pnclink.org/annual/annual2003/programe/presenpdf/110929.pdf
Ulrich Wiesner, Nepal, Du Mont Kunst-Reiseführer, 1. Aufl. Köln 1997