Where was Little Buddha filmed?

1993 film by Bernardo Bertolucci

Little Buddha (1993) was filmed in Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur and Rinpung Dzong, 4 places named in its Wikipedia article's Filming section, in Nepal, Bhutan. Wikidata itself records the shoot only as Washington. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a statement, and every claim on this page says which it is.

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Places per Wikipedia's Filming section

Wikipedia’s Filming section names 4 places. A sentence in an article is weaker evidence than a Wikidata statement, so these are listed apart, never mixed into the statement list, and the claim links straight to where it came from.

Places whose own article says it was shot there

2 places whose own Wikipedia article names this film as something shot there, where Wikidata records nothing and this film’s own article does not say so either. The weakest evidence on this atlas: no pin on the map, and nothing in the downloads. Each sentence is quoted whole and linked to the article it came from, so it can be judged rather than taken on trust.

• Bhaktapur Nepal

  “Portions of the 1993 Hollywood film Little Buddha starring Keanu Reeves and Bridget Fonda were filmed in the Bhaktapur Durbar Square.” Wikipedia

• Rinpung Dzong Bhutan

  “The dzong has also appeared in popular culture; several scenes from the 1993 film Little Buddha were filmed at Paro Rinpung Dzong.” Wikipedia

Recorded only at country level

Wikidata also records this film as shot in Washington, without saying where. Those statements are true but unmappable — a pin in the middle of a country would claim something nobody wrote — so they are listed here instead of guessed at.

Filming locations that are mapped there: United States

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