The Ancient Buddhist Temple of Swayambhunath - Kathmandu's Famed Monkey TempleAtop a green hillock on the western edge of Kathmandu stands the great stupa of Swayambhunath, a site more than 2,500 years old marking the location where the legendary patriarch Manjushri discovered the lotus of the ancient mountain lake. For centuries an important center of Buddhist learning, the painted eyes of the Buddha look out from all four sides of this monument.   
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