Monkey temple- Swayambhunath

Swayambhunath is an ancient religious complex atop a hill in the west of Kathmandu Valley. It is also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in the north-west parts of the temple.

From there, if you are lucky and the sky is clear, you can have a pretty good view of the Himalayas and on all the Kathmandu valley.

The Swayambhunath complex consists of a stupa which is this big white and gold dome. The stupa has Buddha's eyes and eyebrows painted on. Between them, there is something painted which looks like the nose - but is the Nepali symbol of 'unity', in the main nepali language. To access the  site there is a long stairway of 365 steps!

The entrance og the temple

One of the thousand of monkeys all over the temple

The monks are spinning the prayers wheels which are all around the stupa. The have to walk around it in clockwise