NEW DELHI: Recent excavations undertaken at the Tejpur Deora Stupa, also known as ‘Kesariya Stupa’, have exposed the true extent of the architecturally-imposing structure in Bihar’s East ...

Working in the subcontinent, I’ve experienced many of its marvels; from palaces to ashrams, hill stations to sacred rivers, megacities to rustic villages. But nothing matches the caves of Ajanta ...

The stupa is speculated to have been constructed with a “Yupasthamba”, an umbrella-like structure built on top of the stupa, instead of the later “koth kerella”. The site can be visited by travelling ...

Many tourists love learning about a new place, but some countries are currently dangerous and are on the US government's do-not-travel list.

The government has sanctioned Rs 1 crore to develop the Amar Veerula Stupa as a tourist destination and the work has almost reached the final stage.

The Amar Veerula Stupa in Khanapur is set to become a tourist spot with a Rs 1 crore investment from the government. The project is nearly finished, and the memorial garden will soon be open, ...

The Ramagrama Stupa dating back to 600 BC holds a distinguished place on the UNESCO Heritage Tentative List as “the sole undisturbed original stupa containing relics of Lord Buddha. Dr. Lharkyal Lama, ...

Jury citation The Bhattedanda Village Stupa Sanitation and Caretaker Project is a thoughtful and deceptively simple design that demonstrates an intelligent response to the complex site challenges of ...

The Kanjur stone used for the construction of Buddhist Stupa at Ban Faqiran, was also extracted from these rocks. These caves were first used by Buddhist monks for meditation. After the decline of ...

The first ice stupa was created in 2013, in Ladakh, in Kashmir. Villages in Ladakh, a high mountain-desert region bordered by the Himalayas, largely depend on glacial runoff for water.