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Kusa Grass Temple at Gaya
| Asoka's Pillar at Lumbini
| Asoka's Pillar at Deer Park
| Asoka's Pillar at Vesali
| Buddha Relic Stupa at Vesali
| Nalanda University
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| Prince Siddhartha Statue in Nepal:
The statue is on the way to Lumbini from the India-Nepal border (Photo taken in December 2001). |
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| Emperor Asoka’s Pillar at Bodh Gaya:
The pillar is on the left of the main temple. Behind the photographer is a lotus pool where the Buddha spread the Avatamsaka Sutra (Photo taken in December 2001). |
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| Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya:
A branch of the original pippala tree was planted in Sri Lanka by a delegation of the Emperor Asoka; when the original tree was destroyed, a branch from the tree in Sri Lanka was brought back and planted at its original location (Photo taken in December 2001). |
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| Stupa at Deer Park:
This stupa is the main symbol of Deer Park. The stupa was built to commemorate the location where the Buddha gave His first lesson: Turning the wheel of Dharma sutra. |
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| Kusinara temple:
The temple was built in the Sala Grove, Kusinara (Kushinagara), North of India; the Buddha went to nirvana here after 45 years of spreading the Path (Photo taken in December 2001). |
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| Vesali Relic Stupa:
This stupa is one of the eight stupas that were built to worship the Buddha’s relic. This Vesali (Vaishali) stupa of 8 m in diameter was originally built with mud (Photo taken in January 2002). |
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| Kusa
Grass Temple:
The temple is on the Neranjara river bank; across the river is Bodh Gaya. (Photo taken in December 2001). |
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| Emperor Asoka’s Pillar at Lumbini Garden:
The pillar is at the south face of the foundation of an ancient temple that was built at the location of the very sal tree where Prince Siddhartha was born (Photo taken in December 2001). |
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| Emperor Asoka’s pillar at the Dear Park (Isipatana -Sarnath):
The pillar with the lion capital, the national symbol of India. The capital with its four magnificent lions upholds the "Dharma Wheel" (Dharma Cakra) now stands in the museum of Sarnath. |
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| Asokan Pillar and Stupa Complex Kolhua at Vesali (Vaishali):
The pillar is 110 m (feet?) high with a seated lion capital. Other monuments at the site are a brick stupa (North of the pillar), a large tank and a monastery (West of the Pillar). The stupa was built to commemorate the event of the monkey chief offering honey to the Buddha (Photo taken in January 2002). |
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| Buddha Relic Stupa at Vesali:
The original stupa was built with mud. The outer wall was about 8 m in diameter. |
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| Nalanda University in Rajagaha (Rajgir):
This is one of the oldest universities in the world; it was well established before the development of Paris and its university. Nalanda is about 110 km North-East of Bodh Gaya (Photo taken in January 2002). |
