| Namo Buddha | |
| Native Name: | नमोबुद्ध |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Mapsize: | 300px |
| Pushpin Map: | Nepal |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
| Coordinates: | 27.5711°N 85.5842°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Nepal |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bagmati Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kavrepalanchok District |
| Government Type: | Mayor–council government |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mr. Kunsang Lama |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Mr. Ratna Bahadur Lama |
| Area Total Km2: | 102.00 |
| Population Total: | 26,160.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2021 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 45210 |
| Area Code: | 011 |
| Website: | www.namobuddhamun.gov.np/ |
| Timezone: | NST |
| Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
| Official Name: | Namo Buddha Municipality |
Namo Buddha (ne|नमोबुद्ध, "Namo", Hommage; "Buddha", to the Buddha) or Takmo Lüjin (Tib. སྟག་མོ་ལུས་སྦྱིན་, Wyl. 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. Namo Buddha is named after the self-sacrifice by an early incarnation of Shakyamuni Buddha, performed to save the lives of a tigress and her cubs.[2] The Namo Buddha Stupa houses his bone relics and is considered one of the three most important pilgrimage sites and main stupas in the Kathmandu Valley.[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. The annual festival of Namo Buddha Jatra is held there in August.[2]
It was renamed from Dapcha Kashikhanda.[4]
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Namobuddha Municipality had a population of 29,926. Of these, 44.7% spoke Nepali, 43.4% Tamang, 11.2% Newar, 0.2% Magar, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% Maithili and 0.1% other languages as their first language.[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.[6]
In terms of religion, 54.7% were Hindu, 42.4% Buddhist, 2.0% Christian and 0.9% others.[7]
In terms of literacy, 67.7% could read and write, 2.4% could only read and 29.8% could neither read nor write.[8]