Bajrayogini Temple is a Tantrik temple located at Sankhu in Nepal‘s Kathmandu Valley. It is also well known as Bodhisattva‘s Temple. The temple is actually a sort of temple complex, with the main temple having been built by King Pratap Malla in the sixteenth century. Vajrayogini is a Buddhist tantric deity, she is also conflated with Ugra Tara, a form of the Buddhist dharmapala Ekajati. However, the temple is sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus.
The Bajrayogini Temple is situated roughly 20 kilometres northeast of Kathmandu. The area where it is located is often referred to as Gunbaha, which can be roughly translated from Newari as ‘recreational forest place’. The main temple is a three-story high building, which was obviously carefully constructed with the utmost attention to detail. You will likely find a statue of the goddess Bajrayogini in this temple which will featured a red face with three eyes as well as hands, which have the thumb and middle finger carefully decorated. Ornament surrounded the statue.
BAJRAYOGINI TEMPLE
BAJRAYOGINI MAI
The hill top is accessed by a very long carved stone stairway. The entire site is covered richly with Newari architectural metal work, carved wood details, and ancient artifacts. Including a small stupa claimed to pre-date Buddha Shakyamuni.
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Around 2 km uphill drive from sakhu and nearly 20 minutes of stairway climb leads to the Bajrayogini Temple. Both the Hindus and the Buddhists worship this temple. Inside this three-storied temple is an ideal og goddess BAJRAYOGINI. Faithful believe that offering prayers at this temple could fulfill one wishes. There are two temple in this area. The one is the lower part of the courtyard is off-limit for worshippers. So, the worshipper are allowed to offers their prayers only at the temple on the upper tied of the courtyard.
