Boudhanath Stupa
Story of Boudhanah Stupa
This is the story of Lichhavi period.
Once upon a time, there was a palace of lichhavi king Bikramaditya, once stood where the Narayanhity palace currently stands. King Bikramaditya instructed that Dhunge dhara should be built in the southern part of palace courtyard. But, there was no sign of water at Dhunge dhara. So, the king consulted astrologers. They suggested that a human sacrifice with a male candidate having ''Battis Lakshanas'' or thirty-two perfections should be performed. Only the king himself and his two sons were suitable candidates. So, the king decided to sacrifice himself and ordered one of his son to sacrifice him so that sign of water could be seen at Dhunge dhara. According to local mythology, during the time of sacrifice, the head flew off to a place nearby Sankhu Bajrayogini Temple. The prince then wiht a regretful heart, flew a hen from the top of Bajrayogini and decided to construct a stupa when the hen landed in the place where Boudhanath stupa is currently standing. During the same time, the place was struct with a drought and the people managed to collect the drops of dew. So, the plae was named kasti. In nepali language kas means dew and ti means drops.
Later the government of nepal renamed the place from kasti to boudhanath in order to reflect Hindusm as being hindu nation.
This is the story of Lichhavi period.
Once upon a time, there was a palace of lichhavi king Bikramaditya, once stood where the Narayanhity palace currently stands. King Bikramaditya instructed that Dhunge dhara should be built in the southern part of palace courtyard. But, there was no sign of water at Dhunge dhara. So, the king consulted astrologers. They suggested that a human sacrifice with a male candidate having ''Battis Lakshanas'' or thirty-two perfections should be performed. Only the king himself and his two sons were suitable candidates. So, the king decided to sacrifice himself and ordered one of his son to sacrifice him so that sign of water could be seen at Dhunge dhara. According to local mythology, during the time of sacrifice, the head flew off to a place nearby Sankhu Bajrayogini Temple. The prince then wiht a regretful heart, flew a hen from the top of Bajrayogini and decided to construct a stupa when the hen landed in the place where Boudhanath stupa is currently standing. During the same time, the place was struct with a drought and the people managed to collect the drops of dew. So, the plae was named kasti. In nepali language kas means dew and ti means drops.
Later the government of nepal renamed the place from kasti to boudhanath in order to reflect Hindusm as being hindu nation.
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