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INDIAN ARCHITECTURE
 The Great Stupa at Sanchi | World Heritage Journeys Buddha (v
NAME: SANCHI STUPA (THE GREAT STUPA OF SANCHI) isitworldheritage.com)
LOCATION: SANCHI, INDIA
DESCRIPTION: THE GREAT STUPA AT SANCHI HAS BEEN THE FOCAL POINT OF THE BUDDHIST FAITH IN THE REGION SINCE IT WAS BUILT BY
EMPEROR ASHOKA IN THE 3RD CENTURY BC. THE GRAND STRUCTURE STILL INSPIRES AWE TODAY AND SITS AT THE TOP OF A HILL,
SURROUNDED BY THE REMAINS OF SMALLER STUPAS, MONASTERIES, AND TEMPLES THAT WERE BUILT AS THE RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY
GREW IN THE CENTURIES AFTER THE SITE WAS FOUNDED.
MATERIALS: THE MATERIALS USED FOR BUILDING THE STUPA ARE A MIXTURE OFURAD DAL, MOONG DAL, MASOOR,
METHI(FENUGREEK) JUICE, A TREE’S BARK, GUD(JAGGERY) AND THE FRUIT BEL’S GUM.
NEPALESE ARCHITECTURE
NAME: SWAYAMBHUNATH STUPA Swayambhunath
LOCATION: SWAYAMBHU, KATHMANDU, NEPAL : A Travel Guide to Kathmandu’s Monkey Temple - Paris Kath
mandu
DESCRIPTION: IF YOU ONLY HAVE TIME FOR ONE ATTRACTION IN KATHMANDU, MAKE IT SWAYAMBHUNATH. ALSO
KNOWN AS THE “MONKEY TEMPLE”, SWAYAMBHUNATH IS KATHMANDU’S MOST FAMOUS, MOST VISITED AND MOST
ICONIC SITE.

SWAYAMBHUNATH STUPA IS THE OLDEST STUPA IN KATHMANDU AND ONE OF THE OLDEST RELIGIOUS SITES IN NEPAL.
THE HISTORIC LANDMARK HAS BEEN A LISTED UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SINCE 1979.

MATERIALS:
SRI LANKAN ARCHITECTURE
NAME: JETAVANARAMA STUPA
LOCATION:ANURADHAPURA, SRI LANKA

DESCRIPTION: JETAVANARAMAYA MONASTERY IS ONE OF THE LARGEST MONASTERIES IN THE HERITAGE CITY OF ANURADHAPURA IN SRI LANKA. THIS
MAGNIFICENT STRUCTURE WAS THE THIRD-LARGEST STRUCTURE IN THE ANCIENT WORLD. LEGEND HAS IT THAT A PART OF BUDDHA’S SASH OR BELT
WAS TIED AND PRESERVED HERE AT THE JETAVANARAMAYA MONASTERY.
THE JETAVANARAMAYA STUPA COMES WITH A FASCINATING HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE WHICH DEPICTS THE DIFFERENCES GOING ON BETWEEN THE
TWO SECTS OF BUDDHISM- THERAVADA AND MAHAYANA SECTS OF BUDDHISM. TODAY, THE STUPA IS NO LONGER THE TALLEST, BUT IS ONE OF THE
LARGEST IN THE WORLD, WITH AN AREA OF OVER FIVE HECTARES AND HOUSING OVER 10,000 MONKS.

THE JETAVANARAM STUPA IS A GREAT WAY TO EXPERIENCE THE BUDDHIST CULTURE IN ITS PUREST FORM.

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