and the stupa—occur frequently at all major Buddhist sites in North India, and thus concluded that the earliest Buddhist cult practice focused on these. There is no Ishwara or God in Buddhism ...

Anuradhapura is home to many famous Buddhist sites in Sri Lanka. Jetavanaramaya Stupa: The originally 122 metres tall structure was the world’s tallest stupa when it was constructed in the 3rd century ...

The Jetavanaramaya Stupa, originally 122 metres tall, was the world’s tallest stupa when it was constructed in the 3rd century CE. This photo taken on May 18, 2018 shows Sri Lankan schoolchildren ...

Patna (Bihar) [India], April 4 (ANI): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Friday inspected the under-construction Buddha Samyak Darshan-cum-Smriti Stupa located at Vaishaligarh in Vaishali ...

The dig suggested this was the location of a Mahastupa - the big stupa surrounded by monasteries or viharas buried in the adjoining fields. The stupa was 37 feet high with a base rammed with ...

Among those present at the occasion were the Chief Incumbent of the Ruwanweliseya and Chancellor of the Rajarata University, Most Venerable Ithalawetunuwewe Gnanatillake Thera, the Chief Incumbent of ...

This section will consist of 21 one-mark questions designed to test students' knowledge of concepts and terminology in History. Students will be required to choose the correct answer out of the ...

India’s UNESCO sites, as seen through the eyes of Ghibli 9 April-perfect cities in Europe for his... 10 destinations outside India that are p ...

The copper-clad central dome of the building is said to have been inspired by the Sanchi Stupa, embodying the stylistic representations of India architecture. Mumbai's Bhikha Behram well, more than ...

PM Modi went inside the stupa at the Deekshabhoomi and paid homage to Dr Ambedkar's 'asthi' (mortal remains) kept there. In his message penned in Hindi in the visitors' diary at the venue ...

Around the stupa, the remains of golden spires and red bricks littered the ground. In one witness video, onlookers wailed as the top of the monastery’s largest stupa collapsed in an aftershock.

In other words, no stupa or indeed building in Lanka’s shores has been ... As Dutugemunu was to fall ill and die before the Ruwanweliseya was completed his brother Tissa before the death had the ...