Bajrayogini Temple

Bajrayogini Temple
Bajrayogini Temple
बज्रयोगिनी मन्दिर
	Vajrayogini Temple at Bajrayogini
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Kathmandu
Deity	Bajrayogini
Location
Location	Sankhu
Country	Nepal
	Location in Kathmandu
Geographic coordinates	27°44′49″N 85°28′59″E / 27.747°N 85.483°E

Bajrayogini Temple(Nepali: बज्रयोगिनी मन्दिर) is a Tantric Buddhist temple located at Sakwa in Nepal's Kathmandu Valley. It is also well known as Bodhisattva's Temple. The temple is actually a sort of temple complex, with the main temple having been built by King Pratap Malla in the sixteenth century. Vajrayogini is a Buddhist tantric deity, she is also conflated with Ugra Tara, a form of the Buddhist dharmapala Ekajati. However, the temple is sacred to both Buddhists and Hindus.

The Bajrayogini Temple is situated roughly 20 kilometres northeast of Kathmandu. The area where it is located is often referred to as Gunbaha, which can be roughly translated from Newari as ‘recreational forest place’. The main temple is a three-story high building, which was obviously carefully constructed with the utmost attention to detail. You will likely find a statue of the goddess Bajrayogini in this temple which will feature a red face with three eyes as well as hands, which have the thumb and middle finger carefully, decorated. Ornaments surround her statue.