 |
 |
|
|
| |
| |
| |
|
|
| Articles about Stupa |
| More Images From Boudhnath Stupa | | 2008-05-17 13:43:10 | |
A marching band accompanies a wedding procession around Boudhnath Stupa one afternoon.
Butter lamps.
A Tibetan woman spins prayer wheels.
A rooftop view of the stupa…well worth the extra dollar or two per meal.
A monk tries to ignore a begging child….but later relents and offers a donation.
Pigeons being fed at sunrise.
My room at [...] | | By: GoBackpacking | | |
| | Blissful Boudhnath Stupa | | 2008-05-13 06:23:18 | | After a few nights at the historic Kathmandu Guest House in the heart of Thamel (Kathmandu), I was ready to escape the live cover bands and honking taxis for some peace and quiet. I put my main pack in storage and grabbed a taxi east toward Boudhnath Stupa, an important site for both [...] | | By: GoBackpacking | | |
| | Touring Swayambhunath Stupa | | 2008-05-10 00:37:49 | | From the restaurant rooftop in Durbar Square, I could see Swayambhunath Stupa as it was up on a hill to the west. I grabbed a taxi for yet another kamikaze ride through narrow streets filled with buzzing motorcycles and pedestrians.
For most of my taxi rides around the city and valley, I’ve paid about [...] | | By: GoBackpacking | | |
|
|
|
| The 9-storey stupa Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon : Khon Kaen province | | 2007-07-15 05:06:42 | | Phra Mahathat Kaen Nakhon or The 9-storey stupa Located in Wat Nong Waeng, a royal temple on Klang Mueang Road, the Phra Mahathat houses relics of the Lord Buddha and important Buddhist scriptures. Doors and windows of the 9 storeys of the stupa are beautifully carved, featuring the life and former reinearnations of the Lord Buddha, 16 classes of visible deities in the Brahma’s world, and Buddhist rites. Murals within the stupa feature history of the town. The top floor, on the 9th storey, houses relics of the Lord Buddha. Visitors can enjoy a panoramic view of the town from there.Related Tags: stupa/Khon Kaen/Phra Mahathat/Chedi/thai temple/wat | | By: Wat Thai Temple | | |
| | Phra Si Ratana Chedi ( The Golden Stupa ) : Wat Phra Kaew | | 2007-05-09 05:18:00 | | Phra Si Ratana Ched Erected in 1855 by King Rama IV, the Main Stupa contains relics of the Buddha and is regarded as the most sacred of all stupa in the Royal Chapel.The bell-shaped stupa, with a series of ascending circular mouldings and four porticoes with miniature stupas on top, was built in imitation of one of the three stupas at Wat Phra Si Sanphet, the Royal Chapel in the Grand Palace at the former capital, Ayutthaya. It was later covered with golden mosaic tiles imported from Italy at the command of King Rama V.In the hollow interior of the stupa is a smaller stupa containing the sacred relics, while around it stand four small square redented stupaTechnorati Tags: Wat phra kaew/Bangkok/thailand temple/thai temple/Wat | | By: Wat Thai Temple | | |
|
|
| |
 |
|
| |
| |
|
 |
