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The magnificent stupa of Shwedagon Pagoda during the blue hour. Built over 2500 years ago, Schwedagon is the most sacred Buddhist pagoda in Myanmar, as it is believed to contain relics of the four previous Buddhas of the present kalpa (a long period of time in Buddhist cosmology). The stupa stands about 560 feet in height, and Yangon's zoning regulation caps the maximum height of buildings at 417 feet to ensure the prominence of the pagoda in the city's skyline.
We enjoyed a day in Kathmandu before commencing our 20-day trek to the north and south sides of Kangchenjunga, the third highest mountain on earth. The five-day Hindu festival known as Tihar (aka Deepawali, The Festival of Lights) is the second most important in Nepal. On the second day of the festival I took this shot of the Bauddhanath Stupa (aka Bodhnath Stupa), seen here decorated with prayer flags and banners. The stupa, the largest in Nepal, is one of seven ensembles included in the UNESCO World Heritage Site, Kathmandu Valley, inscribed in 1979. The entire structure seen here above the dome was severely damaged by the earthquake which struck on 25 April 2015. The stupa was closed for repairs following the earthquake and reopened on 22 November 2016.
This is the last in the set from this iconic location featuring the Pa Ya Gyi pagoda. The YC class Pacific is charging down the mainline, returning to Bago.
Myanmar. January 2017. © David Hill.
Stupa Cemetery by Irene Becker © All rights reserved
The Stupa Burial Field , Shey, Jammu and Kashmir, India. The largest chorten field in Ladakh.
Ladakh : Day 3
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Shanti Stupa is a Buddhist white-domed stupa (chorten) on a hilltop in Chanspa, Leh district, Ladakh, in the north Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir. It was built in 1991 by Japanese Buddhist Bhikshu Gyomyo Nakamura . The Shanti Stupa holds the relics of the Buddha at its base, enshrined by the 14th Dalai Lama himself.
A stupa (from Sanskrit: m., स्तूप, stūpa, Tibetan མཆོད་རྟེན་ chöten, Sinhalese: දාගැබ, Pāli: थुप "thūpa", literally meaning "heap") is a mound-like or hemispherical structure containing Buddhist relics, typically the ashes of Buddhist monks, used by Buddhists as a place of meditation.
The Stupa at Wat Paknam Bhasicharoen is enormous! Inside is the meditation hall shown in the next picture - it was all completed in 2012 and opened by the present King's sister
One sunny afternoon I sat beside a holy man as he read his Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Book on the upper plinth of the Boudhanath Stupa which is the largest stupa in Nepal and the holiest Tibetan Buddhist temple outside Tibet. It is also the center of Tibetan culture in Kathmandu. As I sat and we shared some moments in time I noticed that tourists were photographing us, from a distance using zoom lens. The holy man brandished his stick at them to stop but this gave more scope for 'a great photograph' to be shot by the tourists.
I saw the disrespect and was ashamed.
So how did I get this shot, well after all quietened down and he I were again comfortable in each other's space he winked and smiled at me and continued contemplating on the words of love and peace of his Lord Buddha.
Bei dem Erdbeben in Nepal am 25. April 2015 wurde die Stupa schwer beschädigt.
Das weltberűhmte Denkmal buddhistischer Architektur und Spiritualitiät wurde in aufwendiger Arbeit wieder restauriert.
Ich war pünktlich zur Eröffnung dort.
Bodnath (auch Boudha, Boudnath, Nepali: बौद्धनाथ Bauddhanāth) ist ein Vorort im Nordosten von Kathmandu in Nepal.
Bekannt ist Bodnath wegen des großen Stupa, der seit Jahrhunderten eines der bedeutendsten Ziele buddhistischer Pilger aus Nepal und den umliegenden Regionen des Himalaya ist. Die Gründung geht zurück auf die Licchavi im 5. Jahrhundert n. Chr. Mit einer Höhe von 36 Metern gehört der Stupa zu den größten seiner Art.
Buddhisten finden sich vor allem im Morgengrauen und zur Abenddämmerung bei dem Bauwerk ein, um es im Uhrzeigersinn zu umrunden (Kora). In Vollmondnächten (vgl. Vesakh-Fest) werden tausende Butterlämpchen auf den Terrassen, welche den Stupa im Grundriss eines Mandalas umgeben, entzündet. Ein mal pro Jahr wird der halbkugelförmige Bau neu geweißt und zum Neujahrsfest Losar werden die safranfarbenen Bögen erneuert.
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Serendipity is one of my favorite words and it used to be the name of Sri Lanka, one of my favorite places. The little gem of an island is off the coast of India so when I was in India I was reminded of the several trips I have made to Sri Lanka. There are major differences so one should not miss either of them if you are a re traveller.
This stupa is symbolic of Sri Lankan Buddhism which is more of a religious force on the island than Hinduism. There is an area of Sri Lanka which is home to the ancient cities and this is one of many white stupas in the area.
The ancient cities are very impressive. They had mastered the art of conserving rain water in reservoirs and had a system of sanitation 2000 years ago!
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Kaathe Swayambhu Shree Gha Chaitya (:काठे स्वयम्भु श्री घ: चैत्य) o Estupa de Kathesimbhu (circa 1650), Katmandú, Nepal, 1996.
Digitalizada de Kodak Professional Elite Chrome 100.
Original: Canon AE-1 Program, FD 24 mm f/2.8
One of the people that we met at the stupa of Boudhanath in Kathmandu, Nepal.
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AD360 & 51" PLM Softsilver with diffusion panel to the left.