Bhuikhel

Bhuikhel (Nepali: भुइखेल) is a large plain located in the western part of Kathmandu at the foot of Swayambhu hill.

[1][2] The field is one of the city's landmarks and the hallowed venue of Samyak, a spectacular celebration when hundreds of images of Dīpankara Buddha are assembled for an alms-giving ceremony.

On the first day, large images of Dipankar Buddha are brought out of sacred courtyards and private homes and displayed in a row at Kathmandu Durbar Square to receive offerings from devotees.

During the main ceremony attended by the head of state, priests receive alms consisting of different kinds of sacred foods.

Kirkpatrick has written in his account of the visit, "Our camp, during the single week we resided in Nepaul, was pitched on a rising but broken spot of ground, close to the east foot of Sumbhoo-nath, and not quite a mile distance from Khatmanda.