Namo Buddha is one of the popular Buddhist pilgrimage site of Nepal, which is around 40km south east of Kathmandu. It is believed that the place where the Buddha, in a previous life as a prince (Prince Mahashattva), gave his body to a starving tigress and her cubs. The Namo Buddha stupa is believed to be built on the bones and hair of prince Mahasattva. He was the youngest of the three sons of king Maharatha. While walking through the forest, he saw a tigress with the five cubs she had given birth to. She was so hungry that she could hardly move. Looking at her situation, prince Mahasattva started to cut his own body and gave the tigress to eat the flesh.
On the eastern side of this sacred pilgrimage site, Thrangu Tashi Yangtse Monastery is built. It is home to more than 250 monks, Tibetan Studies and a Tibetan Medical clinic.
You can get to Namo Buddha by a local bus from Kathmandu to Banepa and then take another bus from Banepa to Namo Buddha. Namo Buddha is also one of the popular hiking destination. You can hike from Dhulikhel to Namo Buddha which will take around 3 hours.
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