Swayambhunath ndi amodzi mwa malo odziwika bwino achipembedzo achi Buddha ku Kathmandu Valley, kumadzulo kwa mzinda wa Kathmandu. Swayambhunath, yomwe imadziwikanso kuti Simbhu m'chinenero cha m'deralo chomwe chimachokera ku liwu lakuti Singgu, kutanthauza 'kudzipangira yekha'. Limatchedwanso Kachisi wa Anyani pakati pa alendo. Kwa anthu aku Newars am'deralo, ndi malo opatulika kwambiri achipembedzo cha Chibuda. Kwa anthu aku Tibet ndi otsatira Chibuda cha ku Tibet, ndi malo achiwiri akuluakulu achipembedzo pambuyo pa Boudhanath.
Nyumbayi ili ndi stupa, malo opatulika osiyanasiyana, ndi akachisi, ena kuyambira nthawi ya Licchavi. Nyumba ya amonke ya ku Tibet, nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale, ndi laibulale ndi zinthu zatsopano zomwe zawonjezeredwa. Stupayi ili ndi maso ndi nsidze za Buddha zojambulidwa. Pakati pawo, pali chizindikiro chonga chizindikiro cha funso; chotchedwa Sukhawati (njira yopita kumwamba), malowa ali ndi malo awiri olowera: masitepe ataliatali opita mwachindunji ku nsanja yayikulu ya kachisi, yomwe ili kuchokera pamwamba pa phiri kum'mawa, ndi msewu wamagalimoto wozungulira phiri kuchokera kum'mwera kupita ku khomo lakumwera chakumadzulo. Kuwona koyamba mukafika pamwamba pa masitepe ndi Vajra (ndodo ya thunderbolt).
Zithunzi za Swayambhunath zimachokera ku mwambo wa Vajrayana wa Chibuda cha Newar. Komabe, malowa ndi malo ofunikira kwa Abuda a masukulu ambiri ndipo amalemekezedwanso ndi Ahindu. Malinga ndi Gopalrajzvamsabali, adakhazikitsidwa ndi agogo aamuna a Mfumu Manadeva (464-505 CE), Mfumu Virsadeva, chakumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 5.th Zaka za m'ma 1900 CE. Izi zikuoneka kuti zatsimikiziridwa ndi mwala wowonongeka womwe unapezeka pamalopo, zomwe zikusonyeza kuti Mfumu Virasadeva inalamula kuti ntchito ichitike mu 640 CE. Malinga ndi Percival Brown, Swayambhu anali ndi zaka 2000. Malinga ndi JC Regmi, Swayambhu inamangidwa nthawi ya Kirat, kale ku Lichhavis.
Malinga ndi Swayambhu Purana, chigwa chonsecho chinali nyanja komwe njoka (njoka) inkakhala komwe Bipaswi Buddha anabzala mbewu ya lotus yomwe inamera duwa la lotus. Podziwa za Jyotirswarup (lawi la kristalo) Manjusiri anachokera ku Mahachin (China) ndi Mfumu Dharmakar, akazi ake awiri, alimi, ndi amonke kuti azilambira. Poona kuti chigwachi chingakhale malo abwino okhalamo komanso kuti anthu azifika mosavuta, anadula chigwa ku Chovar. Madzi anatuluka m'nyanjamo ndipo anapanga malo okhalamo. Lotus inasanduka phiri ndipo duwalo linakhala stupa.
Mu 1349, Samasuddhin Ilyas wa ku Bengal sultanate anaukira chigwa cha Kathmandu ndipo anawononga stupa ya Swayambhu ndi asilikali achisilamu ndipo kenako anaikonza ndi Mfumu Saktimalle Bhalloka. Mu 1505, yogin Sangye Gyaltsen anawonjezera gudumu ndi chozungulira ku dome la stupa. Mu 1614, 6th Shamarpa anali atamanga tiakachisi mu stupa mbali zinayi za makadinali. Ofunika angapo a Kagyu Lamas adachita mwambo wodzipatulira mu 1750 pambuyo pa kukonzanso kwakukulu. Mbuye wotchuka wa ku Bhutanese Lopon Tsechu Rinpoche (1918-2003), abbot wakale wa BHutanese Drugpa Kagyu Monastery kumbali yakumadzulo kwa stupas, adabwera ku Nepal kuti akathandize amalume ake, a Drukpa Lama Sherab Dorje, pobwezeretsa ndikusamalira stupa koyambirira kwa 20th zaka zana. Kukonzanso kwaposachedwa kwa stupa ya Swayambhu kunamalizidwa mu Meyi 2010.
Chigwachi chinadzatchedwa kuti Swayambhu, kutanthauza kuti anadzilenga yekha. Dzinali limachokera ku lawi lamoto lomwe limakhalapo kwamuyaya (Syambhu) pomwe stupa idamangidwa pambuyo pake. Komabe, mfumu Ashoka akuti adayendera malowa m'zaka za zana lachitatu BC ndikumanga kachisi paphiri lomwe pambuyo pake linawonongedwa koma mbiri yakale silinatsimikizidwe.
Ngakhale kuti malowa amaonedwa kuti ndi Achibuda, malowa amalemekezedwa ndi Abuda ndi Ahindu. Mafumu ambiri achi Hindu adapereka ulemu wawo kukachisi, kuphatikiza Pratap Malla, mfumu yamphamvu ya Kathmandu, yemwe amayang'anira ntchito yomanga masitepe akum'mawa ku 17th zaka zana. Pratap Malla adamanga akachisi a Pratap Pur ndi Anantapur pamalopo. The stupa idakonzedwanso mu Meyi 2010, kukonzanso kwake koyamba kuyambira 1921, ndi 15 yake.th pafupifupi zaka 1,500 kuchokera pamene inamangidwa. Nyumbayo idapangidwanso ndi golide wolemera 20kg. Kukonzansoku kudathandizidwa ndi Tibetan Nyingma Meditation Center yaku California ndipo kudayamba mu June 2008.
Cha m'ma 5 koloko m'mawa pa 14 February 2011, kachisi wa Pratapur ku Swayambhu Monument Zone anawonongeka ndi kugunda kwamphezi pa nthawi ya mvula yamkuntho mwadzidzidzi. Nyumba ya Swayambhunath inawonongeka pa chivomezi chachikulu cha April 2015.
