Symbols of Mind

Three important stupas stand on peaks around the Valley . The highest point on the western Valley rim is Nagarjun Hill (2000 meters), with its spectacular view of the Valley and the Himalaya. Here in a bygone aeon the Buddha Vipaswi cast a lotus seed into the lake below, the seed which produced  Swayambhu's thousand-petalled lotus. This sacred spot, familiar to picnickers and Tibetan pilgrims,is marked by,an attractive stupa set on high Valley is the large village of Kirtipur stadding a prominent ridge, and at the top of the ridge is the kirtipur Chilandyo stupa. Built of brick , raised an broad plinths with shrines at every corner, it is in the decorative style of Pim Bahal Stupa . Finally, beyond the south-east rim of the Valley stands Namo Buddha. With Swayambunath and Boudhanath,it is one of the three principal local Buddhist sanctuaries.