Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Sankhu> ?p ?o }
- Sankhu abstract "Sankhu (alternative name: Sakwa (Nepal Bhasa: सक्व)) is the ancient Newar town located in the north-eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley in about 17 km from the capital city Kathmandu. Sankhu, also known as Sankharapur for its famous ancient Sankha-shaped town structure, was formerly divided into 3 Village Development Committee namely Pukhulachhi, Suntol and Bajrayogini. Recently the town of Sankhu has been declared as Sankharapur Municipality merging 3 above mentioned VDCs and other neighbouring VDCs. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census it had a population of 4333 living in 928 individual households.This place is also known as the Eighty Siddhas as there are four of five caves where the siddhas of India are said to have stayed. One of the caves is also said to have been the practice cave of Nagarjuna, and an image of the great master which was originally in the cave has been taken outside and placed some distance away.The town used to have 8 gates originally, at all the boundary entrances of the town. But at present, many got dilapidated and disappeared while 5 of them were reconstructed namely the Bhau Dhwaha, Mhyamachaa Dhwakha, Dhunlla Dhwakha, Mahadyo Dhwakha and Naari Dhwakha. These gates used to have a paati (resthouse), Dhungedhara (water spout) and ponds next to it but only few of them still exists.1. Bhau Dhwaha (Bride Gate) - Main entry gate of Sankhu, also the gate through which new brides are entered in the town.2. Sangal Dhwakha or Mhyamachaa Dhwakha( Daughter Gate) - It is the gate from which to bid farewell to a daughter who is married off.3. Dhunlla Dhwakha - This gate is important for Bajrayogini festival. All kinds of ritual processions including the chariot of Bajrayogini enter through this gate.4. Mahadyo Dhwakha: Dead bodies from Sankhu are taken out to funeral through this gate.5. Naari Dhwakha : During the Shalinadi festival, the Holy god Madhav Narayan along with the devotees are taken in and out of the town through this gate. ‘Naari’ is the local name for Shalinadi river.Before Malla Dynasty in Nepal, Sankhu was said to be a separate kingdom. The historical Durbar square ( Layaku ) has still been preserved.According to the legend Manisailamahavadana, Vajrayogini instructed the priest Jogdev and the first king Sankhadev to build the town of Sankhu in the shape of a conch shell. The oldest inscription found in Sankhu is dated 538 AD. There are other stories which say the temple to be built by Hindu King Raja Prakas Malla in 1655. It is one of the best attraction of Sankhu for national and international tourists. It enshrines the main sacred representations of this site, Ugra-tara manifesting as Ekazati, which are said to give very powerful blessings, particularly the image in the upper temple. The image in the lower temple is red in colour with one face and four arms, two of which hold a skull-cup (kapala) and knife at her heart, and the remaining two hold a sword and an utpala lotus. In the upper temple is an identical image of Ugra-tara in bell metal, in which her left leg is outstretched. In the upper temple is the loom of the Nepali Princess Brhikuti, spouse of the Tibetan king Songtsen Gampo. In both the upper and lower temples, Bajrayogini is flanked Baghini and Singhini, the Tiger and Lion-headed Yoginis. In the same upper room in the upper temple is a solid bronze standing Buddha and a standing Lokeshvara. Below this shrine room is a small room containing self-arisen (Swayambhu) stupa in stone.On the hill behind there is a courtyard in the centre of which is a basin containing the “Water of the Kalpa” which never dries up. In the building immediately to the left of the stairs, there is also an eternal fire or “Fire of the Kalpa”. Further up, on top of the hill, is the Mani-linga.Nearby villages include Palubari.".
- Sankhu country Nepal.
- Sankhu isPartOf Bagmati_Zone.
- Sankhu isPartOf Kathmandu_District.
- Sankhu populationTotal "3788".
- Sankhu postalCode "44601".
- Sankhu synonym "Sakwa(सक्व)".
- Sankhu thumbnail Sankhu_Village.JPG?width=300.
- Sankhu timeZone Nepal_Standard_Time.
- Sankhu utcOffset "+5:45".
- Sankhu wikiPageExternalLink sankhu.html.
- Sankhu wikiPageExternalLink heritage-conservation-in-nepal-the-case-of-sankhu.html.
- Sankhu wikiPageExternalLink traditional-gates-making-a-mark-of-auspicious-entry.
- Sankhu wikiPageExternalLink index.php?title=Sankhu.
- Sankhu wikiPageExternalLink index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=16.
- Sankhu wikiPageID "19362948".
- Sankhu wikiPageLength "10917".
- Sankhu wikiPageOutDegree "31".
- Sankhu wikiPageRevisionID "707693107".
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink 2011_Nepal_census.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Avalokiteśvara.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Bagmati_Zone.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Bajrayogini.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Category:Municipalities_of_Nepal.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Category:Populated_places_in_Kathmandu_District.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Ekazati.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Gautama_Buddha.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Kathmandu.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Kathmandu_District.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink List_of_districts_of_Nepal.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink List_of_zones_of_Nepal.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Nagarjuna.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Nagarkot.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Nepal_Standard_Time.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Newar_language.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Padmasambhava.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Palubari.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Pukhulachhi.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Raja_Prakas_Malla.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Shakyadevi.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Siddha.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Songtsen_Gampo.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Suntol.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Terma_(religion).
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Utpala.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Vairotsana.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink Yangleshö.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink File:Saankhu.JPG.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLink File:Sankhu_fasting.JPG.
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLinkText "Sankhu".
- Sankhu wikiPageWikiLinkText "sankhu".
- Sankhu imageCaption "Sankhu seen from Nagarkot".
- Sankhu imageSkyline "Sankhu Village.JPG".
- Sankhu latd "27".
- Sankhu latm "43".
- Sankhu latns "N".
- Sankhu lats "0".
- Sankhu longd "85".
- Sankhu longew "E".
- Sankhu longm "27".
- Sankhu longs "0".
- Sankhu name "Sankhu".
- Sankhu nativeName "साँखु".
- Sankhu otherName "Sakwa".
- Sankhu populationAsOf "2011".
- Sankhu populationBlank "Newars".
- Sankhu populationBlank1Title "Ethnicities".
- Sankhu populationTotal "3788".
- Sankhu postalCode "44601".
- Sankhu pushpinLabelPosition "bottom".
- Sankhu pushpinMap "Nepal".
- Sankhu pushpinMapCaption "Location in Nepal".
- Sankhu pushpinMapsize "300".
- Sankhu subdivisionName Bagmati_Zone.
- Sankhu subdivisionName Kathmandu_District.
- Sankhu subdivisionType List_of_districts_of_Nepal.
- Sankhu subdivisionType List_of_zones_of_Nepal.
- Sankhu subdivisionType "Country".
- Sankhu timezone Nepal_Standard_Time.
- Sankhu unitPref "Imperial".
- Sankhu utcOffset "345.0".
- Sankhu wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Commons_category.
- Sankhu wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Coord.
- Sankhu wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Empty_section.
- Sankhu wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Flag.
- Sankhu wikiPageUsesTemplate Template:Infobox_settlement.
- Sankhu subject Category:Municipalities_of_Nepal.
- Sankhu subject Category:Populated_places_in_Kathmandu_District.
- Sankhu hypernym Town.
- Sankhu point "27.716666666666665 85.45".
- Sankhu type Place.
- Sankhu type PopulatedPlace.
- Sankhu type Settlement.
- Sankhu type Place.
- Sankhu type Location.
- Sankhu type Place.
- Sankhu type Thing.
- Sankhu type SpatialThing.
- Sankhu type Q486972.
- Sankhu comment "Sankhu (alternative name: Sakwa (Nepal Bhasa: सक्व)) is the ancient Newar town located in the north-eastern corner of Kathmandu Valley in about 17 km from the capital city Kathmandu. Sankhu, also known as Sankharapur for its famous ancient Sankha-shaped town structure, was formerly divided into 3 Village Development Committee namely Pukhulachhi, Suntol and Bajrayogini.".
