Outstanding type of architectural creation of ancient Sri Lanka.
1He founded rest houses and hospitals, as well as monasteries and thousands of stupas.
2The countryside is dotted with pagodas, stupas and monasteries.
3All stupas represent the Buddha Mind, and circling it is believed to bring one closer to enlightenment.
4Ship, combined from an early formation of three hulls, now resembles two ancient stupas joined at their bases.
5Packed full of ancient Buddhist temples and stupas for your day trips, Laos also offers the Viengxay Caves.
6It is also relatively crowd free, and an enjoyable day can easily be spent wandering slack-jawed around the stupas.
7The cones resemble stupas, or towers used in Buddhist worship, that are found across Ladakh and also in Sikkim.
8The prints take their motifs from the stupas and whitewashed houses of the Old Town framed by a steep mountain range.
9He oversaw the building of thousands of Buddhist temples, pagodas and stupas (sacred mounds that cover relics) from the following year.
10Stupas and surrounding volcanoes at the top of Borobudur temple.
11He founded rest houses and hospitals, as well as monasteries and thousands of stupas.
12The countryside is dotted with pagodas, stupas and monasteries.
13All stupas represent the Buddha Mind, and circling it is believed to bring one closer to enlightenment.
14Ship, combined from an early formation of three hulls, now resembles two ancient stupas joined at their bases.
15Packed full of ancient Buddhist temples and stupas for your day trips, Laos also offers the Viengxay Caves.
16It is also relatively crowd free, and an enjoyable day can easily be spent wandering slack-jawed around the stupas.