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Object stupa, in which the items interred are objects that belonged to the Buddha or his disciples, such as a begging bowls or robes, or important Buddhist scriptures. Commemorative stupa, built to commemorate events in the lives of Buddha or his disciples; Symbolic stupa, to symbolise aspects of Buddhist
While the word stupa is commonly used by foreigners, the word chedi similar in Khmer (Khmer: ចេតិយ ) and Thai (Thai: เจดีย์ ) is used by locals, based on the Pali language word Cetiya with the meaning "burial mound or pyre", or Sanskrit language Chaitya from a root cita or ci meaning "heaped-up", a Sanskrit term for a mound or pedestal or "funeral pile"., [2] [3] also ...
Mahiyangana Stupa is the first stupa of ancient Sri Lanka [3] There are two recorded instances regarding the construction of stupas in Sri Lanka in the lifetime of Gautama Buddha . One of those instances is the construction of the cetiya at Mahiyangana Raja Maha Vihara at Mahiyangana in the valley of Mahaweli, which enshrines the Buddha's Hair ...
The design of the stupa at Deekshabhoomi is based on the architecture of the world famous stupa of Sanchi. [25] But unlike the stupa of Sanchi, Deekshabhoomi stupa is completely hollow inside. [ 8 ] [ 26 ] [ 27 ] [ 28 ] It is the largest hollow stupa among all Buddhist stupas in the world. [ 8 ]
Izumo Taisha's honden, closed to the public. In Shinto shrine architecture, the honden (本殿, main hall), also called shinden (神殿), or sometimes shōden (昇殿) as in Ise Shrine's case, is the most sacred building at a Shinto shrine, intended purely for the use of the enshrined kami, usually symbolized by a mirror or sometimes by a statue.
The stupa is located at the centre of a raised circular platform, commonly paved with stone. The vatadage in Polonnaruwa has two platforms, one above the other. This platform contained several concentric rows of stone columns.
Two years after finally being identified, the "Boy in the Box" case continues to haunt Philadelphia. The slain body of Joseph Augustus Zarelli, 4, was discovered in February 1957 in Philadelphia's ...
The stupa has a 8.5 m (28 ft) deep foundation, and sits on bedrock. The structure is no longer the tallest, but it is still the largest, with a base-area of 233,000 m 2 (2,508,000 sq ft). [ 10 ] Approximately 93.3 million baked bricks were used in its construction; the engineering ingenuity behind the construction of the structure is a ...