Big Prayer Wheel

Big Prayer Wheel is a Buddhist temple in Budhanilakantha, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province. Big Prayer Wheel is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Kopan Main Gumba, as well as near Small Stupas.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include East Kathmandu and NMC white hostel.

East Kathmandu

Photo: Bijay chaurasia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

East Kathmandu covers the eastern fringes of Kathmandu, 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.

Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital are major healthcare with 700 bedded institution in Kathmandu, Nepal established in 1997 by the late Sachey Kumar Pahari. NMC white hostel is situated 1½ km southeast of Big Prayer Wheel.

Budhanilkantha Temple

Hindu temple

Photo: Bharatahs, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Budanilkantha Temple, located in Budhanilkantha, Nepal, is a Hindu open air temple dedicated to Lord Mahavishnu. Budhanilkantha Temple is also known as the Narayanthan Temple for Hindus, and can be identified by a large reclining statue of Lord Mahavishnu. Budhanilkantha Temple is situated 4 km north of Big Prayer Wheel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gokarneshwor and Budhanilkantha.

Gokarneshwor

Town

Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Gokarneshwor is a municipality in Kathmandu District in the Bagmati Province of Nepal that was established on 2 December 2014 by merging the former Village development committees Sundarijal, Nayapati, Baluwa, Jorpati and Gokarna.

Budhanilkantha

Photo: Bharatahs, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Budhanilkantha is a city and municipality in Kathmandu district of Bagmati province of Nepal. It is the 3rd largest city in the Kathmandu Valley after Kathmandu and Lalitpur.

Chabahil

Suburb

Photo: Raju Babu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Chabahil is an ancient neighborhood in northeast Kathmandu in Nepal. It is famous for its Licchavi stupa, called the Dhando Chaitya, considered by many historians to be the oldest Buddhist Stupa in the valley. Chabahil is situated 3½ km southwest of Big Prayer Wheel.

Big Prayer Wheel

Type: Buddhist temple
Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Budhanilakantha, Kathmandu, Bagmati Province, Nepal, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

27.7428° or 27° 44′ 34″ north

Longitude

85.36465° or 85° 21′ 53″ east

Open location code

7MV7P9V7+4V

OpenStreetMap ID

way 311540375

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

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