Spending time at Amitabha Stupa and Peace Park in Sedona, Arizona, is an incredibly peaceful experience.

For architect Shereen Amendra, the fascination of the Mahathupa (the original Pali name which she prefers) began when she was a teenager. Her mother Doreen Alles’s copy of the Mahavamsa much-thumbed ...

In addition to the Pha That Puak Stupa festival, Xayaboury province hosts several other notable annual events. The Boun Kong ...

Along with this, there is Vajrasana, where Lord Buddha meditated. This stupa is a witness to the development and spread of Buddhism. Sanchi Stupa is one of the stupas built by Emperor Ashoka ...

This photo taken on March 25, 2025 shows a view of the Shewaki Stupa in the east edge of Kabul, capital ...

This story appears in the April 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine. High in the Himalaya, a desert is turning green. Climate change in the Indian region of Ladakh has shrunk glaciers and ...

The Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh (HIAL), along with the Phyang village, celebrated the 1st World Day for ...

Excavated in 1867, Parinirvana Stupa is huge stupa made of brick. The stupa has Brahmi inscription on its walls and a reclining Nirvana statue of Buddha inside it. The statue is placed on a brick ...

Situated at a height of 4267 meters overlooking the Leh city, the Shanti stupa gives a panoramic view of surrounding snow capped mountains. It is at a distance of about 5 km drive able road from ...

It was built in three tiers: a pyramidal base with five concentric square terraces, the trunk of a cone with three circular platforms and, at the top, a monumental stupa. The walls and balustrades are ...