{"id":13085,"date":"2019-09-18T18:46:25","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=13085"},"modified":"2019-10-22T20:11:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-22T14:41:40","slug":"sanchi-buddhas-journey-to-enlightenment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/sanchi-buddhas-journey-to-enlightenment\/","title":{"rendered":"Sanchi – Buddha’s Journey to enlightenment"},"content":{"rendered":"
Sanchi Stupa is a Buddhist complex, famous for its Great Stupa or Mahastupa, on a hilltop at Sanchi Town in Raisen District of the State of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in 46 kilometres north-east of Bhopal, capital of Madhya Pradesh. The MahaStupa at Sanchi is one of the oldest stone structures in India and an important monument of Indian Architecture.\u00a0 Sanchi’s stupas, monasteries, temples and pillars dating back from 3rd century BC to the 12th century AD have been declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO since 1989. As one walks around, you can witness that the Sanchi Hill goes up in shelves. Stupa 2 situated on a lower shelf, while Stupa 1, Stupa 3, the 5th century Gupta temple No 17 & 7th century temple No 18 are on the intermediate shelf. A later monastery is on the crowning shelf.<\/p>\n
Here are some of the places to see if you are visiting Sanchi:<\/p>\n
1. Great Stupa No.1:<\/strong> This is the oldest stone structure in India, 36.5 m in diameter and 16.4 m in height, with a massive hemispherical dome, the stupa stands in eternal majesty. Its nucleus was a hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha, with a raised terrace encompassing its base, and a railing and stone umbrella on the summit, the chatra, a parasol-like structure symbolising high rank. According to legend, King Ashoka was closely connected to the region of Sanchi. When he was journeying as Viceroy to Ujjain, he is said to have halted at Vidisha and there married the daughter of a local banker, named Devi who later gave Ashoka two sons, Ujjeniya and Mahendra, and a daughter Sanghamitta.<\/p>\n