Budhanilkantha literally means old blue-throat. Budhanilkantha Temple is located at the base of Shivapuri Hill within the Kathmandu valley on the northern side. The sculpture from the 5th century represents Vishnu's sleeping in the cosmic ocean while resting on Ananta Sesa the thousand headed snake.
In the small village Budhanilkantha close to the entrance of National Park Shivapuri, where you can make a pleasant forest walk and visit the spring of the holy Baghmati river. Hindus can walk down the steps and touch His feet, but foreigners cannot. The huge statue of sleeping Vishnu is carved from the single block of black stone of a type not found in the valley. The deity of Budhanilkantha was lost for a while and was later rediscovered by a farmer. It is believed that the farmers struck the buried deity with his plough and that blood came out from the ground. His four hands hold the four symbols of Vishnu: the chakra (disc), club, and conch-shell and lotus flower.
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