Temple of the 1000 Buddhas. Shikhara Terracotta Temple of 16 m height. Compare to the Bodh Gaya Temple (Indien) and the Narayan Shrine (Pashupatinath). One of the 50 Buddhist Power Places acc. Keith Dowman.
Built ca. 1580 / reconstr. > 1934
No. 144 (A)
Based on a Map in H. Seemann, Gestern noch verbotenes Land - Nepal 2029, Stuttgart 1973
Foto in Carl Pruscha, Kathmandu Valley, Vol. 2, 1st ed., Wien 1975
Foto in Carl Pruscha, Kathmandu Valley, Vol. 2, 1st ed., Wien 1975
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Foto by N.N. in http://paku1971.at.webry.info/201404/
Foto by F. Nunnemann in 2008 A.D.
Foto by N.N.
N.N., Mahabuddha Abode of Thousand Buddhas, http://mahabuddha.org/aboutus/mahabuddha-temple-preservation-organization/
Niels Gutschow, The Nepalese Caitya - 1500 Years of Buddhist Votive Architecture in the Kathmandu Valley, Stuttgart 1997
Ulrich Wiesner, Nepal, Du Mont Kunst-Reiseführer, 1. Aufl. Köln 1997