ISwayambhunath ingenye yezindawo ezidumile zenkolo yamaBuddha Isigodi saseKathmandu, entshonalanga yedolobha laseKathmandu. ISwayambhunath, eyaziwa nangokuthi uSimbhu ngolimi lwendawo olususelwa egameni elithi Singgu, elisho ukuthi 'ukuzihlumela'. Libizwa nangokuthi iThempeli Lenkawu phakathi kwabantu bakwamanye amazwe. KwabaseNewars bendawo, liyindawo engcwele kakhulu yamaBuddha yokuhambela. KwabaseTibet nabalandeli bobuBuddha baseTibet, liyindawo yesibili enkulu yenkolo ngemva kukaBoudhanath.
Le ndawo ihlanganisa i-stupa, izindawo ezingcwele ezahlukahlukene, namathempeli, amanye asukela esikhathini seLicchavi. Indlu yezindela yaseTibet, imyuziyamu, kanye nomtapo wezincwadi kungezelelwe muva nje. I-stupa inamehlo namashiya kaBuddha adwetshwe. Phakathi kwawo, kukhona uphawu olufana nophawu lombuzo; olubizwa ngokuthi iSukhawati (indlela eya ezulwini), indawo inezindawo ezimbili zokungena: izitebhisi ezinde eziholela ngqo epulatifomu enkulu yethempeli, elivela phezulu kwegquma ngasempumalanga, kanye nomgwaqo wemoto ozungeze igquma usuka eningizimu uholela ekungeneni okuseningizimu-ntshonalanga. Umbono wokuqala lapho ufika phezulu kwezitebhisi yiVajra (intonga yokuduma).
Isithonjana sikaSwayambhunath sivela emasikweni aseVajrayana obuBuddha baseNewar. Kodwa-ke, le ndawo iyindawo ebalulekile yamaBuddha ezikole eziningi futhi ihlonishwa namaHindu. Ngokusho kukaGopalrajzvamsabali, yasungulwa ngukhokho omkhulu weNkosi uManadeva (464-505 CE), iNkosi uVirsadeva, cishe ekuqaleni kuka-5.th ngekhulu leminyaka CE. Lokhu kubonakala kuqinisekiswa umbhalo wetshe owonakele otholakale endaweni, obonisa ukuthi iNkosi uVirasadeva yayala umsebenzi owenziwe ngo-640 CE. Ngokusho kukaPercival Brown, uSwayambhu wayeneminyaka engu-2000 ubudala. Ngokusho kukaJC Regmi, iSwayambhu yakhiwa ngesikhathi seKirat, ngaphambilini eLichhavis.
Ngokusho kweSwayambhu Purana, sonke isigodi sasiyichibi lapho inyoka yayihlala khona lapho uBipaswi Buddha atshala khona imbewu ye-lotus eyayikhulisa imbali ye-lotus. Ekwazi nge-Jyotirswarup (ilangabi lekristalu) uManjusiri wavela eMahachin (eShayina) neNkosi uDharmakar, abafazi bakhe ababili, abalimi, kanye nezindela ukuze bayikhulekele. Ebona ukuthi lesi sigodi singaba yindawo yokuhlala enhle futhi ukuze enze indawo ifinyeleleke kalula kubantu abahambela izindawo, wasika umhosha eChovar. Amanzi aphuma echibini futhi enza indawo yokuhlala. I-lotus yaguqulwa yaba yigquma futhi imbali yaba yi-stupa.
Ngo-1349 uSamasuddhin Ilyas we-Bengal sultanate wahlasela isigodi saseKathmandu walimaza i-stupa yaseSwayambhu yibutho lamaSulumane futhi kamuva yalungiswa yiNkosi uSaktimalle Bhalloka. Ngo-1505, i-yogin uSangye Gyaltsen wanezela isondo kanye nesipoki edome le-stupa. Ngo-1614 i-6th U-Shamarpa wayakhe izindawo ezingcwele endaweni ye-stupa ezindaweni ezine eziyinhloko. I-Kagyu Lamas eminingana ebalulekile ibambe umcimbi wokungcwelisa ngo-1750 ngemuva kokulungiswa okukhulu. Inkosi edumile yaseBhutan uLopon Tsechu Rinpoche (1918-2003), u-abbot ongasekho we BHutanese Drugpa Kagyu Monastery ohlangothini olusentshonalanga lwe-stupas, weza eNepal ukuze asize umalume wakhe, u- Drukpa Lama U-Sherab Dorje, ekubuyiseleni nasekugcineni i-stupa ekuqaleni kwe-20th ikhulu leminyaka. Ukulungiswa kwakamuva kwe-stupa ye-Swayambhu kwaqedwa ngoMeyi 2010.
Lesi sigodi saziwa ngokuthi iSwayambhu, okusho ukuthi wazidala. Igama livela elangabini elihlala likhona (i-Syambhu) okwathi kamuva kwakhiwa i-stupa. Kodwa-ke, umbusi u-Ashoka kuthiwa wavakashela le ndawo ngekhulu lesithathu BC futhi wakha ithempeli egqumeni elacekelwa phansi kamuva kodwa ngokomlando akuzange kutholakale ubufakazi.
Nakuba lesi siza sithathwa njengesaseBuddha, le ndawo ihlonishwa yiwo womabili amaBuddha namaHindu. Amakhosi amaningi amaHindu akhokhele ithempeli, okubandakanya uPratap Malla, inkosi enamandla yaseKathmandu, ebhekele ukwakhiwa kwezitebhisi ezisempumalanga ku-17.th ikhulu leminyaka. UPratap Malla wayakhe amathempeli ePratap Pur ne-Anantapur emagcekeni. I-stupa yalungiswa ngokuphelele ngoMeyi 2010, ukulungiswa kwayo kokuqala okukhulu kusukela ngo-1921, kanye ne-15 yayo.th cishe eminyakeni eyi-1,500 selokhu lakhiwa. Idome lenziwe kabusha kusetshenziswa igolide elingu-20kg. Ukulungiswa kwaxhaswe yiTibetan Nyingma Meditation Center yaseCalifornia futhi kwaqala ngoJuni 2008.
Cishe ngehora lesi-5 ekuseni ngomhla ka-14 kuFebhuwari 2011, ithempeli lasePratapur eNdaweni Yesikhumbuzo yaseSwayambhu lalimala ngenxa yombani ngesikhathi kuduma izulu kungazelelwe. Isakhiwo saseSwayambhunath sonakala ngokuzamazama komhlaba okukhulu kuka-April 2015.
