20 Stupas You Must Visit In India | Explore The Bauty Sanity Peace And Divinity of Salvation Stupa is a hemispherical structure containing Buddhist relics and place of meditation used by Buddhists monks. In the period between the Mauryas and the Guptas the older stupas were greatly enlarged and beautified. Of these three are noteworthy—those at Bharhut and Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, and at Amaravati in the lower Krishna valley The word ‘Stupa’ is said to have been derived from the Sanskrit root ‘Stu’ meaning ‘to worship’ or ‘to praise’. The Stupa developed as the nucleus of Buddhist faith and worship, but its origin cannot be regarded as Buddhist for evidence of its roots date back to c. 2000 B.C. Burial mounds containing relics were raised from earth and rock according to an age old custom that had survived from as early as Neolithic times. These burial mounds were also common during the lifetime of the Buddha and he instructed his disciples to erect them at cross-roads to commemorate great kings, sages and heroes. Naturally, after the death of the Buddha, a Stupa was to be raised in his honor, and eight of the mightiest princes fought for his ashes and bones. These relics were thus distributed to eight different kingdoms and Stupas were erected over them. During Ashoka’s reign (c. 273-232 B.C.), they were redistributed and a portion is said to have been enshrined in the Great Stupa at Sanchi. It is perhaps only in Buddhism that a particular structure has been recommended by its founder for worship and salvation, for the Stupa enables the worshiper to not only think of the Buddha as an imminent reality (by regarding the Stupa as a visual manifestation of the Buddha), but also epitomizes his enlightenment and nirvana. In this way the Buddhist Stupa transcends its predecessor, the burial mound or tumulus, by shifting the emphasis from a particular relic to a higher transcendental actuality as realized by the Buddha, i.e. the Buddha’s attainment and the worshiper’s goal. In the period between the Mauryas and the Guptas the older stupas were greatly enlarged and beautified. Of these three are noteworthy—those at Bharhut and Sanchi in Madhya Pradesh, and at Amaravati in the lower Krishna valley. Some of the famous Stupas found in India are as follows: 1. Great Stupa, Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh 2. Dhamekh Stupa, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh 3. Bavikonda Stupa, Andhra Pradesh 4. Chaukhandi Stupa, Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh 5. Ramabhar Stupa, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh 6. Kesaria Stupa, Bihar 7. Animeshlocha Stupa at Mahabodhi Temple, Bodh Gaya, Bihar 8. Anathapindika Stupa, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh 9. Angulimala Stupa, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh 10. Adurru Buddhist stupa, Andhra Pradesh 11. Amaravati Stupa, Andhra Pradesh 12. Maha Stupa at Thotlakonda, Andra Pradesh 13.Shanti Stupa at Dhauligiri, Odisha 14. Stupa at Deorkothar, Madhya Pradesh 15. Bharhut stupa, Madhya Pradesh 16. Shanti Stupa, Leh, Jammu and Kashmir 17. Dro-dul Chorten Stupa, Sikkim 18. Namgyalma Stupa, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh 19. Clement Town Stupa, Dehradun, Uttarakhand 20. Gorsam Chorten, Arunachal Pradesh Please Like, Share, Comment and Subscribe .. Your suggestions will be appreciated.. Thanks for watching.. Keep Smiling.. You TV YouTV
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