This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. High in the Himalaya, a desert is turning green. Climate change in the Indian region of Ladakh has shrunk glaciers and ...

The main stupa is surrounded by various other structures including votive stupas along with a large rectangular hall. After the cremation, the mortal remains of Buddha were kept as relics and ...

The Stupa Area is itself divided into three parts or courts. On the top is the Main Stupa Court. Below or in the middle is the Votive Stupas Court that has further been divided or arranged in two ...

Excavated in 1867, Parinirvana Stupa is huge stupa made of brick. The stupa has Brahmi inscription on its walls and a reclining Nirvana statue of Buddha inside it. The statue is placed on a brick ...

when Newar craftsmen were commissioned to come to and build a stupa in Bhutan. They have been there ever since. Settling in southern Bhutan, the country’s major food producing region ...

They are similar to the ornamental columns erected in front of ancient tombs in China. Another stupa featuring an inverted-bowl-shaped body is located forty-five kilometers from the town of ...

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Situated at a height of 4267 meters overlooking the Leh city, the Shanti stupa gives a panoramic view of surrounding snow capped mountains. It is at a distance of about 5 km drive able road from ...

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The culture of vegetarianism takes centre stage at the Great Stupa of Universal Compassion on Saturday, October 5, for the annual Vegecareian Festival.