Hiranya Varna Mahavihar (Golden Temple)
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- Patan Durbar Square area
Patan's celebrated Golden Temple — a 12th-century Newar Buddhist bahal sheathed in gilded copper, with a rotating boy priest and an 800-year-old Prajnaparamita manuscript.
Kumari Ghar
- Faith
- Syncretic
- In
- Kathmandu Durbar Square
The ornate 18th-century residence of Kathmandu's Royal Kumari — a living prepubescent girl worshipped as the incarnation of goddess Taleju.
Lumbini — Birthplace of Buddha
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- Lumbini Development Zone
Birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha), a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the holiest pilgrimage sites for Buddhists worldwide.
Manakamana Temple
- Faith
- Hindu
- In
- Manakamana Village
Hilltop shrine of the wish-fulfilling goddess Bhagwati, tended by Magar priests descended from her first devotee — and reached by Nepal's first commercial cable car.
Maya Devi Temple
- Faith
- Buddhist
- In
- Sacred Garden, Lumbini
The sacred core of Lumbini — the shrine built directly over the exact spot where Queen Mayadevi gave birth to Prince Siddhartha Gautama in 623 BCE.
Navadurga Temple (Nava Durga Dyo Chhen)
- Faith
- Hindu
- In
- Gachhen, east of Dattatraya Square
The sacred temple-house where Bhaktapur's legendary Nava Durga dance masks are created, consecrated, and displayed — the spiritual epicentre of the city's unique tantric masked dance tradition.
Nyatapola Temple
- Faith
- Hindu
- In
- Taumadhi Square
The tallest pagoda-style temple in Nepal, a five-storey masterpiece built in just 214 days by King Bhupatindra Malla in 1702, dominating Taumadhi Square.
Pashupatinath Temple
- Faith
- Hindu
- In
- Deopatan, Gaushala
Nepal's holiest Hindu temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the banks of the Bagmati River.