A macaque resting at the Swayambhunath Stupa, a monkey temple and one of the oldest holiest sites in Kathmandu, Nepal. It is also an important pilgrimage site. Image: Shutterstock. As incarnations of ...

Swayambhunath — also known as the Monkey Temple, for its holy, furry dwellers that swing from the rosewood trees — is one of the oldest and most sacred Buddhist sites in Nepal's Kathmandu ...

Swayambhunath is also called the “monkey temple” for a community of sacred monkeys that live on the site. The temple, built around the oldest stupa, or Buddhist monument, in the Kathmandu ...

A monkey licks banana peels at Swayambhunath, a UNESCO heritage site in Kathmandu, capital of Nepal, Jan. 25, 2019. Swayambhunath is popularly known as Monkey temple. (Xinhua/Sunil Sharma) ...

including the hilltop Swayambhunath temple on the outskirts of Kathmandu. That imposing structure is popularly known as the “Monkey Temple” because its often vicious wild monkeys are allowed ...

NBC News' Ian Williams was there when rescue workers arrived at Swayambhunath Stupa to search for at least three people buried under wreckage.April 29, 2015 © 2024 ...

Swayambhunath — also known as the Monkey Temple, for its holy, furry dwellers that swing from the rosewood trees — is one of the oldest and most sacred Buddhist sites in Nepal's Kathmandu ...