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Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:54 pm
by kirtu
Also known as the Temple of 1000 Buddhas.
Mahabuddha Temple, also know as "temple of thousand buddhas" is a skikhar style buddhist temple. It is made of terracotta bricks with fine status and carvings. It was built by priest Mr. Abhaya Raj Shakya about 450 years back. It took three generations effort and 36 years time period (1564 A.D. to 1600 A.D.) to complete this temple. It was reconstructed in 1933 A.D. due to bad impact of the earthquake & again in 1999 A. D. as a maintenance by Mahabuddha temple preservation Organization...
Here are some pictures of this temple from Wonderlane on Flickr.

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 8:40 pm
by Adamantine
kirtu wrote:Also known as the Temple of 1000 Buddhas.
Mahabuddha Temple, also know as "temple of thousand buddhas" is a skikhar style buddhist temple. It is made of terracotta bricks with fine status and carvings. It was built by priest Mr. Abhaya Raj Shakya about 450 years back. It took three generations effort and 36 years time period (1564 A.D. to 1600 A.D.) to complete this temple. It was reconstructed in 1933 A.D. due to bad impact of the earthquake & again in 1999 A. D. as a maintenance by Mahabuddha temple preservation Organization...
Here are some pictures of this temple from Wonderlane on Flickr.
I've been here and it's a wonderful pilgrimage place, of many, in Kathmandu. Kirtu, is this your flickr page or do you know the person? Because I believe the statue that is labeled "Monkey King" is actually a statue of Acala!

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2012 10:29 pm
by kirtu
Adamantine wrote: I've been here and it's a wonderful pilgrimage place, of many, in Kathmandu. Kirtu, is this your flickr page or do you know the person? Because I believe the statue that is labeled "Monkey King" is actually a statue of Acala!
Hi Adamantine! It's not my page and I don't know the person. I saw Lama Zopa reference the temple and I looked it up. Wonderlane actually have several Flickr sets, most Buddhist. You can email him/her here.

Kirt

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 5:47 am
by kirtu
Adamantine - do you know if there is a YouTube or other movie of this temple? Thanks!

Kirt

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 3:02 pm
by kirtu
Here is a Youtube video of the Mahabuddha temple.

Kirt

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:04 am
by buddhaflower
kirtu wrote:Here is a Youtube video of the Mahabuddha temple.

Kirt
Dear Kirt,

I love your video clip!...And I found one that so very interesting:

Please click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_aXt0J ... =endscreen

Buddhaflower :namaste:

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:29 am
by kirtu
buddhaflower wrote:\
I love your video clip!...And I found one that so very interesting:

Please click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB_aXt0J ... =endscreen
:woohoo:
Thank-you Buddhaflower!

And here is another one!

Kirt

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 2:11 pm
by kirtu
And here's yet another one - this is a video of a pilgrimage to Guru Rinpoche's cave at Yangleshe, followed by a visit to the Mahabuddha (Mahaboudha) and Golden Temples in Patan.

Kirt

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 3:12 pm
by buddhaflower
kirtu wrote:And here's yet another one - this is a video of a pilgrimage to Guru Rinpoche's cave at Yangleshe, followed by a visit to the Mahabuddha (Mahaboudha) and Golden Temples in Patan.

Kirt
Dear Kirt,

I enjoyed watching your video clips very much....long time ago, I flew with Thai Inter Airways to Katmandu may be 4-5 times..just stayed at the airport during transit...but we, crews/passengers loved to watch through the plane window during the airplane approaching Katmandu Airport...those mountains looked so beautiful...oh we had so many hippie-passengers indeed those days!!

Buddhaflower :namaste:

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Thu May 09, 2013 12:10 am
by kirtu
Another clip of the Mahabuddha (Mahaboudha) Temple in Patan.

Kirt

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2013 11:35 pm
by kirtu
Here are two more [/url] Youtube clips of the Golden Temple in Patan: 1 and 2.

Kirt

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 10:16 pm
by kirtu
Another Golden Temple video:



Kirt

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Fri May 30, 2014 2:26 am
by plwk
Ah so memorable...I was there just last November...

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 3:55 pm
by kirtu
A 26 minute clip from an Indian or Nepali TV show covering the Mahaboudha Temple. This has shots seen nowhere else. All in Hindi or Nepali.


Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 2:47 pm
by kirtu
The Mahabuddha Temple in Patan has survived but is being reinforced structurally. It did not appear to have sustained and direct damage as shown in this video:


Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 2:59 pm
by kirtu
The Golden Temple has also survived and doesn't appear to be damaged:


Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:13 pm
by kirtu
Video selfies at the Golden Temple


Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2016 8:35 pm
by kirtu
The Mahaboudha Temple from a visit by BodhiTV - 22 minutes (the clip goes on for 22 more minutes but is almost entirely blank so this needs to be cut). All in Hindi or Nepali but it includes interior views of the temple that haven't been seen before as far as I know.


Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 5:32 pm
by kirtu

Re: Mahabuddha Temple, Kathmandhu

Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2018 6:22 pm
by kirtu

Bodhi TV : Pilgrimage Tour : Golden Temple