Namo Buddha

stag mo (tigress) lus sbyin (body giving)) is located in a municipality in Kavrepalanchok District of Bagmati Province of Nepal,[1] 52 km southeast of Kathmandu.

[3][2] Connected to the stupa by a stairway rising into the woods is the site where the prince was actually eaten, sanctified adjacent to the grounds of the Karma Kagyu tradition's Namo Buddha Monastery of Thrangu Rinpoche, named Thrangu Tashi Yangtze Choling.

This site and the stupa have been revered by Buddhist masters throughout history, while modern spiritual leaders from the Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya, and Gelug traditions continue to make pilgrimages to Namo Buddha.

[2] The town of Panauti, 8 km downhill from the stupa, was the location of Prince Mahasattva's (Nepali sources), also known as Prince Nyingthob Chenpo (Tibetan sources), familial palace.

[5] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 43.8% were Tamang, 24.8% Hill Brahmin, 12.0% Newar, 8.1% Chhetri, 3.1% Kami, 3.0% Sarki, 2.4% Damai/Dholi, 0.9% Magar, 0.8% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2% Sunuwar, 0.1% other Dalit, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% other Terai and 0.2% others.