The Great Stupa. Explain the reason why it was built‚ the characteristics and the purpose. The Great Stupa is an Indian Buddhist Monument. In the origins the Stupa used to be burial mounds covering the relics of Buddha and his followers‚ but now is a symbol because of the Spiritual value‚ in most of this o places the relics are not longer at the Stupa. We can find different stupas but the most complex and delicate the Great Stupa of Sanchi. Sanchi is a city located 68 km north of Bhopal in the
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Research Paper: Historical Monument The Great Stupa’ at Sanchi Ausbee B. Bryant III | The Great Stupa’ at Sanchi is one of the most sophisticated and well known monuments of all time; the marvelous icon is considered to be a cornerstone of Buddhist art‚ architecture‚ and religion. It stands tall and holds a powerful presence that is very symptomatic of its historical context. India is home to one the most symbolic and oldest stone structures known to man. This astonishing marvel
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AJANTA CAVES INTRODUCTION Ajanta Caves (Ajiṇṭhā leni; Marathi) in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra‚ India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.[1] The caves include paintings and sculptures described by the government Archaeological Survey of India as "the finest surviving examples of Indian art‚ particularly painting"‚[2]which are masterpieces of Buddhist religious art‚ with figures of the Buddha and depictions of the Jataka tales
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horizontal tripartite division of Borobudur: The earthbound base encasement representing Kāmadhātu or the ‘realm of desire’‚ 5 square terraces representing Rūpadhātu or the ‘realm of forms’‚ and finally the 3 open circular terraces with the 72 stupas and a massive stupa representing Ārūpyadhātu or the ‘realm of formlessness’. (Jacques Dumarcay‚ Borobudur‚ 39) The first realm. Kāmadhātu‚ parallels the life of a human being who is “still bound to desires”. The second realm‚ Rūpadhātu‚ simulate the state where
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The relationship between the architecture of religious buildings and a culture’s spiritual conception of god‚ the afterlife‚ or the path towards enlightenment is extremely evident in the Mesopotamian‚ Egyptian‚ and Buddhist cultures. The structures that these people built‚ were not made just for a place to worship. They represented many things to their builders‚ but mostly they represented the way to “heaven.” To the people of ancient Mesopotamia‚ their temple was the home of their god. The temples
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Buddhist temples come in many shapes. Perhaps the best known are the pagodas of China and Japan. Another typical Buddhist building is the Stupa‚ which is a stone structure built over what are thought to be relics of the Buddha‚ or over copies of the Buddha’s teachings. Buddhist temples are designed to symbolise the five elements: * Fire * Air * Earth‚ symbolised by the square base * Water * Wisdom‚ symbolised by the pinnacle at the top All Buddhist temples contain an image
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and major world religions with many different phases‚ numerous sects and layers of art. Buddhism began in India around the 6th century BCE. The oldest Buddhist religious monuments are believed to be stupas in India‚ which contain Buddha’s relics after his parinirvana. One of them is the Bharhut stupa from the 1st century BCE. It contains various stories carved on large columns and crossbars about the Buddha’s previous lives and Buddha’s life events. The carvings exhibit the early Buddhist art style
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INTRO Ajanta and Ellora are the pride of Maharashtra. The rock-cut caves of both these sites are world famous and illustrate the degree of skill and artistry that Indian craftsmen had achieved several hundred years ago. Ajanta dates from 100 B.C. while Ellora is younger by some 600 years. The village of Ajanta is in the Sahyadri hills‚ about 99 kms. From Aurangabad; a few miles away in a mammoth horseshoe-formed rock‚ are 30 caves overlooking a gorge‚ `each forming a room in the hill and some with
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gathering space for worshippers b. a venue for religious games c. a house for the statue of a god or goddess d. a fortification high on a hill 104. The site shown in plan and reconstruction is known as the: a. Great Temple b. Agora c. Acropolis d. Sanctuary e. Palace Questions about Image Set 2: Great Stupa‚ Sanchi 105. This building complex is sacred to: a. Greeks b. Hindus c. Persians d. Buddhists 106. The main dome-shaped building functioned primarily as a: a. tomb b. gopuram c. treasury d. reliquary 107
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A brilliant tower delegated a cone shaped lush slope‚ Swayambhunath Stupa is the most old and perplexing of all the heavenly hallowed places in Kathmandu valley. Its grandiose white arch and sparkling brilliant tower are obvious for some miles and from all sides of the valley. Verifiable records found on a stone engraving give prove that the stupa was at that point a critical Buddhist journey goal by the fifth century AD. Its sources be that as it may‚ date to a much prior time‚ much sooner than
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