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See students in Kathmandu learning and using GPS technology to track their route to the Pashupatinath temple in Pashupati and the Bodhnath stupa
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Bodhnath

shrine, Nepal
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See students in Kathmandu learning and using GPS technology to track their route to the Pashupatinath temple in Pashupati and the Bodhnath stupa
See students in Kathmandu learning and using GPS technology to track their route to the Pashupatinath temple in Pashupati and the Bodhnath stupa Join children in Kathmandu, Nepal, as they take a school trip to the Hindu temple of Pasupatinatha (Pashupatinath) in Pashupati and the Buddhist stupa Bodhnath in Kathmandu.

Bodhnath is a significant Buddhist shrine located northeast of Kathmandu, Nepal. It is a large white dome, revered by Tibetan Buddhists. This monument is a type of stupa, which are Buddhist commemorative structures typically housing relics of the Buddha or other saints. Stupas originated from pre-Buddhist burial mounds in India and are characterized by a circular base supporting a solid dome, often topped with an umbrella-like structure. The practice of worshipping a stupa involves circumambulating it clockwise.12

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