Visit Ashokan Stupas

Overview of Visit Ashokan Stupas

A single-day tour of Visit Ashokan Stupas Tour is a much-loved tour among many tourists visiting Nepal. The four stupas surround the ancient city of Patan. Patan also called Lalitpur, is one of the historical cities of Nepal. The city has been a cultural and religious center to develop and preserve the Buddhism culture, arts, and crafts for many centuries. The Visit Ashokan Stupas Tour includes the visit to the historically significant and culturally valuable 4 stupas of Patan. They relate Newar Buddhism with Emperor Ashoka who ruled the Indian subcontinent during the 3rd Century BC. Ashoka played a significant role to spread Buddhism throughout Asia. The literature says, he built 84000 stupas throughout the Indian subcontinent with the relics recovered from the Seven relics stupas of Nepal and India.

The popular Buddhist Circuit is a route that follows in the footsteps of the Buddha in Nepal and India. The sites on the route — all over 2,500 years old — are among the most significant and revered for all Buddhists. Besides that Buddhist literature mentions several stories associated with the life of Gautam Buddha.

Oriental Journeys organizes tours to the significant sites of Buddhism that might be of great interest to all the Buddhists and other interests from around the world. We recommend the Visit Ashokan Stupas tour to take visitors to the Four Ashokan Stupas of Patan inside Kathmandu Valley.

Patan is the southern outskirt city of Kathmandu Valley. It successfully preserves its ancient art, artifacts, and historical prospects for centuries. Once in history, Patan had remained a distinct administrative center. Furthermore, it had its own Royal Palace Square including several temples, monuments, and squares. The city is an old center of Buddhism that developed and preserved several Stupas and Monasteries within. Hence, it has become famous for its historical city since ancient times.

Historical Significance

The Visit Ashokan Stupas are a testimony to the ancient culture, tradition, and lifestyle of the Kathmandu Valley that spread around Patan. Legend claims that the four ancient stupas marking the boundaries of Patan were built when the great Buddhist emperor Ashoka. Ashoka is the one who expands Buddhism far and wide, came to the Valley in the 3rd century BC. He further built four stupas in four corners of Patan city. All are worth for quick visit, especially during the auspicious full moon of August when Buddhist and Tibetan pilgrims walk around all four stupas in a single day.

Therefore, to explore the cultural importance of these four stupas, one should visit the Four Ashokan Stupas of Patan. Oriental Journeys is always there to serve you with a very informative cultural guide for the tour. Furthermore, you can extend or combine the Ashokan Stupa tour with other culture trips in Kathmandu Valley. Besides that, there are major Buddhist sites outside of Kathmandu valley. Namobuddha, Lumbini, and Ramagram are important Buddhist sites outside the Kathmandu Valley.

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