Ko Swayambhunath tetahi o nga waahi karakia Buddhist rongonui i roto i te Raorao Kathmandu, ki te hauauru o te taone nui o Kathmandu. Swayambhunath, e mōhiotia ana ko Simbhu i te reo o te rohe i ahu mai i te kupu Singgu, ko tōna tikanga he 'Pūtake-ā-koe'. E kiia ana hoki ko te Temepara o te Makamaka i waenga i ngā tāngata whenua ke. Ki ngā Newar o te rohe, koinei te wāhi tapu rawa atu mō te haereere a ngā Buddhist. Ki ngā Tibetan me ngā akonga o te Buddhist Tibetan, koinei te tuarua o ngā wāhi whakapono nui i muri i a Boudhanath.
Kei roto i te whare karakia he stupa, he maha ngā wāhi tapu, me ngā temepara, ko ētahi i ahu mai i te wā o Licchavi. He mea hou ake te tāpiritanga o tētahi whare mōneka Tibet, he whare taonga, me te whare pukapuka. Kei roto i te stupa ngā kanohi me ngā tukemata o Buddha. Kei waenganui i a rātou he tohu pērā i te tohu pātai; e kiia ana ko Sukhawati (te ara ki te rangi), e rua ngā huarahi urunga ki te wāhi: he arawhata roa e anga tika ana ki te papa matua o te temepara, mai i te tihi o te puke ki te rawhiti, me tētahi ara waka huri noa i te puke mai i te tonga e anga ana ki te tomokanga ki te tonga-uru. Ko te tirohanga tuatahi ina tae ki te tihi o te arawhata ko te Vajra (hepeta whatitiri).
I ahu mai te whakaahua o Swayambhunath i te tikanga Vajrayana o te Newar Buddhism. Heoi, he wāhi nui anō hoki te whare karakia mō ngā Buddhist o ngā kura maha, ā, he mea whakanuia hoki e ngā Hindu. E ai ki a Gopalrajvamsabali, i whakatūria e te tupuna tāne o Kingi Manadeva (464-505 CE), a Kingi Virsadeva, i te tīmatanga o te rautau 5.th rautau AD. Te āhua nei kua whakaūtia tēnei e tētahi tuhituhinga kōhatu pakaru i kitea i te wāhi, e tohu ana i whakahau a Kingi Virasadeva kia mahia te mahi i te tau 640AD. E ai ki a Percival Brown, e 2000 tau te pakeke o Swayambhu. E ai ki a JC Regmi, i hangaia a Swayambhu i te wā o Kirat, i mua atu i a Lichhavis.
E ai ki te Swayambhu Purana, he roto te awaawa katoa i noho ai te nag (nakahi) i mua, i reira a Bipaswi Buddha i whakatō ai i tētahi purapura rōhi i tupu ai he putiputi rōhi. I te mōhio ki a Jyotirswarup (mura karaihe) i haere mai a Manjusiri i Mahachin (Haina) me Kingi Dharmakar, āna wāhine tokorua, āna kaimahi whenua, me ngā mōneka ki te karakia ki reira. I te kitenga he pai te awaawa hei nohoanga, ā, kia māmā ake ai te haere atu a ngā tāngata haerere ki reira, ka keria e ia tētahi awaawa ki Chovar. Ka mimiti te wai i te roto, ā, ka hanga he nohoanga. Ka hurihia te rōhi hei puke, ā, ka huri te putiputi hei stupa.
I te tau 1349, ka whakaekea te awaawa o Kathmandu e Samasuddhin Ilyas o te kāwanatanga o Bengal, ā, ka pakaru te stupa Swayambhu e te ope taua Muhirama, ā, i muri mai ka whakatikatikaina e Kingi Saktimalle Bhalloka. I te tau 1505, ka tāpirihia e te yogin a Sangye Gyaltsen te wira me te tihi ki te tuanui o te stupa. I te tau 1614, ka 6th Na Shamarpa i hanga nga wahi tapu ki roto i te stupa i nga huarahi matua e wha. He maha nga Kagyu Lamas nui i whakahaere i tetahi hui whakatapu i te tau 1750 i muri i te whakahoutanga nui. Ko te rangatira rongonui o Bhutanese a Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche (1918-2003), te abbot mutunga o te BHutanese Drugpa Kagyu Monastery i te taha hauauru o nga stupas, i haere mai ki Nepal ki te awhina i tona matua keke, te Drukpa Lama Sherab Dorje, ki te whakaora me te pupuri i te stupa i te timatanga o te 20th rautau. Ko te whakahoutanga hou o te stupa Swayambhu i oti i Mei 2010.
Ka tapaina te raorao ko Swayambhu, ko te tikanga he mea hanga na ia ano. I ahu mai te ingoa i te mura mau tonu (Syambhu) i hangaia ai he stupa i muri mai. Heoi, e ai ki te korero i toro atu a Emperor Ashoka ki te waahi i te rautau tuatoru BC ka hanga he whare tapu ki runga i te puke i pakaru i muri mai engari i nga korero o mua kaore i whakamatauhia.
Ahakoa e kiia ana he Buddhist te waahi, ka whakanuia te waahi e nga Buddhists me nga Hindu. He maha nga Hindou Monarchs i whakanui i te temepara, tae atu ki a Pratap Malla, te kingi kaha o Kathmandu, nana nei te kawenga mo te hanga i te arawhata ki te rawhiti i te 17th rautau. Na Pratap Malla i hanga nga temepara o Pratap Pur me Anantapur ki runga i te waahi. I tino whakahouhia te stupa i Mei 2010, tona whakahoutanga nui tuatahi mai i te tau 1921, me tana 15th i roto i te tata ki te 1,500 tau mai i tona hanganga. I whakakikoruatia te dome ma te whakamahi i te 20kg koura. Na te Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center o California i putea te whakahoutanga, ka timata i te Hune 2008.
I te takiwa o te 5 i te ata i te 14 o Hui-tanguru 2011, ka pakaru te temepara o Pratapur i te rohe o Swayambhu Monument i te paheketanga o te uira i te wa o te whatitiri ohorere. I pakaru te matatini o Swayambhunath i te rū nui o Paenga-whāwhā 2015.
