The monument of God Swayambhu is also a very famous religious place.This is about four kilometres far from Kathmandu. Previously, God Swayambhu was accepted as a form of light .God Swayambhu is accepted as the creator and destroyer of the world.
People belonging to various religious come to the Swayambhunath to offer prayers.
Swayambhu, also known as the Monkey Temple as there are holy monkeys living in parts of the temple in the north-west, is among the oldest religious sites in Nepal.
Although the site is considered Buddhist, the place is revered by both Buddhists and Hindus. Numerous kings, Hindu followers, are known to have paid their homage to the temple, including Pratap Malla, the powerful king of Kathmandu, who is responsible for the construction of the eastern
stairway in the 17th century.According to the Gopalarajava?savali Swayambhu was founded by the great-grandfather of King Manadeva (464–505 AD), King V?sadeva, about the beginning of the 5th century AD. This seems to be confirmed by a damaged stone inscription found at the site, which indicates that King Manadeva ordered work done in 640 AD. However, Emperor Ashoka
is said to have visited the site in the 3rd century BC and built a temple on the hill, which was later destroyed. Legend has it that the Buddha himself visited Swayambhu and gave teachings there two hundred years earlier.
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