Budhanilkantha Narayana

The famous image of Budhanilkantha is located about 8 km north of Kathmandu city. The six meter long image, aver shed by eleven serpent heads and reclining and carved serpents as bed, is partially submerged in small pool of water. This image has four hands the upper right and left hand hold "Chakra" (disc) and "Gada" (club) while the lower right and left hands hold "Padma" (Lotus) and "Sankha" (conch shell) respectively. Some historians believe that this image was installed in the place by Vishnu Gupta in 7th century. Another important thing about the statue is that Vaidics, Saivas and Buddhists attach similar significance to it and regard it with equal reverence.