ISwayambhunath yenye yezona ndawo zidumileyo zonqulo zamaBhuda intlambo yaseKathmandu, kwintshona yesixeko saseKathmandu. ISwayambhunath, eyaziwa ngokuba yiSimbhu ngolwimi lwasekuhlaleni oluvela kwigama elithi Singgu, elithetha 'ukuzihluma'. Ikwabizwa ngokuba yiTempile yeeNkawu phakathi kwabantu bamanye amazwe. KumaNewars asekuhlaleni, yindawo engcwele kakhulu yamaBhuda. KumaTibet nabalandeli bobuBhuda baseTibet, yindawo yesibini enkulu yonqulo emva kweBoudhanath.
Le sakhiwo siqulathe i-stupa, iintlobo ngeentlobo zeendawo zonqulo, kunye neetempile, ezinye zazo zisusela kwixesha leLicchavi. Indlu yeemonki yaseTibet, imyuziyam, kunye nethala leencwadi zezona zinto zongeziweyo zakutshanje. I-stupa ineemehlo namashiya kaBuddha apeyintwe kuzo. Phakathi kwazo, kukho uphawu olufana nophawu lombuzo; olubizwa ngokuba yiSukhawati (indlela eya ezulwini), indawo ineendawo ezimbini zokufikelela: izinyuko ezinde ezikhokelela ngqo kwiqonga eliphambili letempile, elivela phezulu kwentaba ukuya empuma, kunye nendlela yemoto ejikeleze intaba ukusuka emazantsi ukuya ekungeneni okusemzantsi-ntshona. Umbono wokuqala xa ufikelela phezulu kwezinyuko yiVajra (intonga ye-thunderbolt).
Imifanekiso kaSwayambhunath ivela kwisiko lamaVajrayana lobuBhuda baseNewar. Nangona kunjalo, le ndawo ikwayindawo ebalulekileyo yamaBhuda ezikolo ezininzi kwaye ikwahlonitshwa ngamaHindu. Ngokutsho kweGopalrajzvamsbali, yasekwa ngutatomkhulu kaKumkani uManadeva (464-505 CE), uKumkani uVirsadeva, malunga nokuqala kowama-5.th Kwinkulungwane yeXesha Eliqhelekileyo. Oku kubonakala kuqinisekiswa ngumbhalo welitye owonakeleyo ofunyenwe kwindawo leyo, obonisa ukuba uKumkani uVirasadeva wayalela ukuba kwenziwe umsebenzi ngo-640CE. Ngokutsho kukaPercival Brown, uSwayambhu wayeneminyaka engama-2000 ubudala. Ngokutsho kukaJC Regmi, iSwayambhu yakhiwa ngexesha leKirat, ngaphambili eLichhavis.
Ngokutsho kweSwayambhu Purana, yonke intlambo yayiyichibi apho inyoka yayihlala khona apho uBipaswi Buddha watyala imbewu yelotus eyakhula intyatyambo yelotus. Esazi ngeJyotirswarup (ilangatye lekristale) uManjusiri wayevela eMahachin (eTshayina) kunye noKumkani uDharmakar, abafazi bakhe ababini, abalimi, kunye neemonki ukuze bayinqule. Ebona ukuba intlambo inokuba yindawo yokuhlala elungileyo kwaye ukuze indawo ifikeleleke lula kubantu abatyelelayo, wasika umngxuma eChovar. Amanzi aphuma echibini waza wenza indawo yokuhlala. Ilotus yaguqulwa yaba yinduli kwaye intyatyambo yaba yi-stupa.
Ngo-1349, uSamasuddhin Ilyas weqela leenkosi laseBengal wahlasela intlambo yaseKathmandu waza wonakalisa i-stupa yaseSwayambhu ngumkhosi wamaSilamsi waza kamva walungiswa nguKumkani uSaktimalle Bhalloka. Ngo-1505, i-yogin uSangye Gyaltsen wongeza ivili kunye ne-spire kwi-dome ye-stupa. Ngo-1614 i-6th I-Shamarpa yakha iindawo ezingcwele kwi-stupa kwiindlela ezine zekhadinali. Iqela leKagyu Lamas elibalulekileyo labamba umsitho wokungcwalisa ngo-1750 emva kokulungiswa okukhulu. Inkosi edumileyo yaseBhutanese uLopon Tsechu Rinpoche (1918-2003) BHutanese Drugpa Kagyu Monastery kwicala elingasentshona le stupas, weza eNepal ukuze ancedise umalume wakhe Drukpa Lama USherab Dorje, ekubuyiseleni nasekugcineni i-stupa ekuqaleni kwe20th kwinkulungwane. Olona lungiso lwakutsha nje lwe-stupa ye-Swayambhu lwagqitywa ngoMeyi ka-2010.
Le ntlambo yaziwa ngokuba yiSwayambhu, oku kuthetha ukuba uzenzele. Eli gama livela kwidangatye eliziyo elingunaphakade (Syambhu) ekwathi kamva kwakhiwa istupa. Nangona kunjalo, u-Emperor Ashoka kuthiwa uye watyelela indawo ngenkulungwane yesithathu ye-BC kwaye wakha itempile endulini eyatshatyalaliswa kamva kodwa ngokwembali ayizange ibonakaliswe.
Nangona le ndawo ithathwa njengeBuddhist, le ndawo ihlonitshwa ngamaBhuda namaHindu. Uninzi lweeMonarchs zamaHindu ziye zanikela imbeko kwitempile, kubandakanya uPratap Malla, ukumkani onamandla waseKathmandu, ojongene nokwakhiwa kwezitepsi zasempuma kwi-17th kwinkulungwane. UPratap Malla wakha iitempile zePratap Pur kunye ne-Anantapur kwisakhiwo. I-stupa yahlaziywa ngokupheleleyo ngoMeyi ka-2010, ukulungiswa kwayo kokuqala okukhulu ukususela ngo-1921, kunye ne-15 yayo.th malunga neminyaka eli-1,500 ukususela oko yakhiwa. Idome yaphinda yahonjiswa ngegolide kusetyenziswa i20kg yegolide. Uhlaziyo lwaxhaswa ngemali liZiko leTibetan Nyingma Meditation yaseCalifornia kwaye lwaqala ngoJuni ka-2008.
Malunga nentsimbi yesi-5 kusasa nge-14 kaFebruwari 2011, itempile yasePratapur ekwiNdawo yeSikhumbuzo yaseSwayambhu yonakele ngenxa yokubethwa ngumbane ngexesha lesiphango ngequbuliso. Isakhiwo saseSwayambhunath sonakaliswe yinyikima enkulu ka-Epreli ka-2015.
