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Hiranya Varna Mahavihar
Hiranya Varna Mahavihar. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.

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Hiraṇyavarṇa Mahāvihāra (Nepali: हिरण्यवर्ण महाविहार), also Kwa Baha: (Nepali: क्वबहा:) informally called The Golden Temple with literal meaning "Gold-colored Great Monastery", is a historical vihara (Buddhist monastery) situated in Patan, Nepal.

Adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Photography via Wikimedia Commons.