The stupa is protected by Mahakala, who also figures in Hinduism as a protector deity. It houses five million mini stupas made by local villagers over three years, 150,000 Mani stones and 160,000 ...

Visiting the World’s Highest Stupa - Famen, China. By Michael Kan Published 09/03/09 AT 3:24 PM EDT. Share on Facebook ...

A 2,000-year-old lost stupa, one of 19 built with Lord Buddha’s relics sent by Emperor Ashoka to China, has been restored with religious rites by an Indian monk in this remote Tibetan town.

In November 2008, archeologists unearthed a stupa-shaped casket, which is believed to be one of the 84-thousand stupas of King Asoka that contain Sakyamuni's sarira, that is, part of his remains.

But India and China will have something to celebrate together sometime early next year: yet another coming of the Indian Buddha to the Middle Kingdom. China’s very own Sanchi stupa is nearly complete ...

China is stepping up the protection of a well-known stupa, or Buddhist shrine building, of Tibetan Buddhism in the northwest province of Qinghai. Zangniang Stupa and a nearby Sangzhou Lamasery ...

DHAKA - Buddhists in Bangladesh are brimming with inner pride as with the support of China, a new stupa has been built as a monument to house sacred relics and honor an ancient Buddhist scholar.