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=== Boudhanath ===
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[[File:Boudhanath stupa , Kathmandu, Nepal.jpg|thumb|226x226px|Boudhanath Stupa]]
Boudhanath ({{Langx|ne|बौद्ध स्तुप}}; also written as ''Bouddhanath'', ''Bodhnath'', ''Baudhanath'' or the ''Khāsa'' ''Chaitya''), is one of the holiest Buddhist sites in Nepal, along with the [[Swayambhunath]]. It is a very popular tourist site. Boudhanath is known as Khāsti by [[Newars]] and as Bauddha or Bodhnāth by speakers of [[Nepali language|Nepali]].<ref>Snellgrove (1987), p. 365.</ref> About {{cvt|11|km|0}} from the centre and northeastern outskirts of Kathmandu, the stupa's massive [[mandala]] makes it one of the largest spherical [[stupa]]s in Nepal.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/independent/11-09/tourism.htm |title=Fables of Boudhanath and Changunarayan |publisher=nepalnews.com |access-date=13 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080705134905/http://www.nepalnews.com.np/contents/englishweekly/independent/11-09/tourism.htm |archive-date=5 July 2008}}</ref> Boudhanath became a UNESCO [[World Heritage Site]] in 1979.

The base of the stupa has 108 small depictions of the Dhyani Buddha [[Amitabha]]. It is surrounded with a brick wall with 147 niches, each with four or five [[prayer wheel]]s engraved with the mantra, ''[[Om mani padme hum]]''.<ref name="LP (2006), p.170-1">{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/nepal00brad |url-access=registration |title=Nepal |publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] |year=2006 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/nepal00brad/page/170 170]–71 |isbn=978-1-74059-699-2 |first1=Bradley |last1=Mayhew |first2=Joe |last2=Bindloss |first3=Stan |last3=Armington}}</ref> At the northern entrance where visitors must pass is a shrine dedicated to [[Ajima]], the goddess of [[smallpox]].<ref name="LP (2006), p.170-1" /> Every year the stupa attracts many Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims who perform full body prostrations in the inner lower enclosure, walk around the stupa with prayer wheels, chant, and pray.<ref name="LP (2006), p.170-1" /> Thousands of prayer flags are hoisted up from the top of the stupa downwards and dot the perimeter of the complex. The influx of many Tibetan refugees from China has seen the construction of over 50 Tibetan [[gompa]]s ([[Monastery|monasteries]]) around Boudhanath.
[[File:Swayambhunath 2018.jpg|thumb|225x225px|Stupa at Swayambhu]]