East Kathmandu

East Kathmandu covers the eastern fringes of , including Boudhanath, also known as Boudha. It is home to one of the largest Buddhist stupas in the world, built during the 5th century AD.
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  • Type: Temple
  • Description: Buddhist stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Also known as: “Bauddhanath”, “Bauddhanāth”, “Baudhanath”, “Boudha”, “Boudha Stupa”, and “Boudhanath”
  • Roof shape: pyramidal
Photo: Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hyatt Regency Kathmandu.

Hotel
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The Hyatt Regency Hotel in , , is an urban five-star resort located near the Boudhanath stupa. The hotel, opened in 2000, is built in the traditional Newar architecture on 37 acres of land.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gokarneshwor and Chabahil.

Town
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is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the of that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees , Nayapati, Baluwa, and Gokarna.

Suburb
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is an ancient neighborhood in northeast in . It is famous for its Licchavi , called the Dhando Chaitya, considered by many historians to be the oldest Buddhist Stupa in the valley.

East Kathmandu

Latitude
27.72145° or 27° 43′ 17″ north
Longitude
85.362° or 85° 21′ 43″ east
Height
4 metres (13 feet)
Open location code
7MV7P9C6+HR
Open­Street­Map ID
way 56688295
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­temple
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
roof-shape=­pyramidal
Wiki­data ID
Q889902
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Vietnamese—“East Kathmandu” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Boudhanath”
  • Balinese: “Stupa Boudhanath”
  • Basque: “Boudhanath”
  • Bengali: “বৌধনাথ স্তূপ”
  • Bulgarian: “Боднат (ступа)”
  • Bulgarian: “Боднат”
  • Bulgarian: “Ступа Боднат”
  • Chinese: “博达哈佛塔”
  • Chinese: “博达哈大佛塔”
  • Chinese: “布达纳特”
  • Chinese: “布达纳特佛塔”
  • Chinese: “满愿塔”
  • Croatian: “Bauddhanath”
  • Croatian: “Boudhanath”
  • Czech: “Boudhanath”
  • Czech: “Boudhanáth”
  • Dutch: “Bodhnath”
  • Dutch: “Bouddhanath”
  • Dutch: “Boudhanath”
  • Esperanto: “Baŭdanato”
  • Esperanto: “Bodnath”
  • Estonian: “Bauddhanāth”
  • Estonian: “Boudhanath”
  • French: “Bodhnath”
  • French: “Bodnath”
  • French: “Bouddhanath”
  • French: “Boudhanath”
  • Galician: “Boudhanath”
  • Georgian: “ბოდჰნათჰი”
  • German: “Bodnath”
  • German: “Boudhanath”
  • Greek: “Mποντνάθ”
  • Greek: “Μποντνάθ”
  • Gujarati: “બૌદ્ધનાથ, નેપાળ”
  • Gujarati: “બૌદ્ધનાથ”
  • Hebrew: “בודהנת‘”
  • Hebrew: “בודהנת’”
  • Hindi: “budhanath stupa”
  • Hindi: “बौद्धनाथ”
  • Hungarian: “Baudhanáth”
  • Indonesian: “Boudhanath”
  • Irish: “Boudhanath”
  • Italian: “Boudhanath”
  • Japanese: “ボウダナート”
  • Japanese: “ボダナート”
  • Korean: “부다나트”
  • Lithuanian: “Baudhanathas”
  • Maithili: “बौद्धनाथ”
  • Maithili: “बौध्दनाथ स्तुप”
  • Malayalam: “ബൗദ്ധ, ബൗദ്ദനാഥ്”
  • Malayalam: “ബൗദ്ധനാഥ്”
  • Malayalam: “ബൗദ്നാഥ്”
  • Nepali: “बौद्धनाथ”
  • Nepali: “बौध्दनाथ स्तुप”
  • Newari: “खास्ति चैत्य”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Boudhanath”
  • Norwegian: “Boudhanath”
  • Persian: “بودانات”
  • Polish: “Bodnath”
  • Portuguese: “Bauddhanath”
  • Portuguese: “Bauddhanāth”
  • Portuguese: “Boudha”
  • Portuguese: “Boudhanath”
  • Russian: “Боднатх”
  • Sanskrit: “बौध”
  • Sanskrit: “बौधनाथ्”
  • Slovenian: “Stupa Boudhanath”
  • Spanish: “Boudhanath”
  • Swedish: “Boudhanath”
  • Tamil: “பௌத்தநாத்து”
  • Thai: “พุทธนาถ”
  • Vietnamese: “Boudhanath”

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