Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in
the Kathmandu Valley, west of Kathmandu city. It is also known as the Monkey
Temple as there are holy monkeys living in the north-west parts of the temple.
The Tibetan name for the site means 'Sublime Trees' (Wylie:Phags.pa Shing.kun),
for the many varieties of trees found on the hill. However, Shing.kun may be a
corruption of the local Newari name for the complex, Singgu, meaning
'self-sprung'. For the Buddhist
Newars in whose mythological history and origin myth as well as day-to-day
religious practice, Swayambhunath
occupies a central position, it is probably the most sacred among Buddhist pilgrimage
sites. For Tibetans and followers of Tibetan Buddhism, it is second only to Boudhanath.
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