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DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE
WORLD BY:SHRADDHA
SRISHTI KUNDALIYA
SRISHTI SINGH
UDAYAN AWASTHI
ANKUSH GOYAL
KANIKA MALIK
SAAHIL KUMAR
ORIGINS
FIRST LEVEL
a central golden Buddha image sits on a platform
depicting the “turning wheel of Dharma” .
SECOND LEVEL
has reliefs depicting the “birth” of Buddha, the death of
Buddha and Buddha “defeating the devils” while
meditating
ARCHITECTURE
This stupa is a STUPA OF MODERN TIME.
Neither it has a boundary nor it has TORANAS,
instead it has two stambhas each side of the staircase.
There is only one staircase for the first level of stupa,
connected to the PRADAKSHINA PATH of first level.
On first level, image of Dharma Chakra is sculptured
on wall.
There are two staircase provided for the second level, both
the staircase are connected to a platform through which
PRADAKSHINA PATH of second level is attached.
In cavity of DOME on the second level there is a golden idol
of Buddha in sitting position, just in front of the platform.
There are other sculptured idol in the cavity each facing
three directions.
Walls depicts images of parinirvana (nirvana-after-
death) and some small rows of buddha images.
CHATTRA
HARNIKA
VEDICA
STUPA
STAIRCASE PRADAKSHINA
PATH
VEDICA
HISTORIC
TIMELINE
Rupadhatu
• The transitional
sphere, in which
ZONE2 humans are released
from worldly matters.
Arupadhatu
• The highest sphere,
ZONE 3 the abode of the gods
BUILDING STRUCTURE
• The foundation is a square, approx 8
metres on each side.
• The one main dome in the centre is the
highest point of the monument: 35
metres above ground level.
• It has nine platforms, of which the
lower six are square and the upper three
are circular.
• The upper platform features 72small
stupas surrounding one large central
stupa.
• Each stupa is bell-shaped and pierced
by numerous decorative openings.
Statues of the Buddha sit inside it.
CROSS SECTION AND RATIO OF THE
TEMPLE
There are Buddha
statues
inside niches on each
wall in
Rupadhatu level, and
inside
each stupa in
Arupadhatu
level.
BOROBUDUR BELIEFS
Zone 3 Arupadhatu
No reliefs.
Zone 2 Rupadhatu
• Jataka and Avadana
720 panels
• Bhadracari 72 panels
• Lalitavistara 120
panels
• Gandavyuha 388
panels
Zone 1 Kamadhatu
• Karmawibhangga 160
panels
BOROBUDUR STATUS
VARIOUS POSTURES OF BUDDHA
RELIEF PANELS
THE AMRAVATI STUPA ALSO KNOWN AS MAHACHAITYA
STUPA
RUINED BUDDHIST MONUMENT LOCATED
AT AMARAVATHI VILLAGE, ANDHRA PRADESH
IT IS THE LARGEST STUPA(95 FEET HIGH) IN INDIA.
BUILT - 2ND CENTURY BCE TO 3RD CENTURY AD,
THE STUPA WAS A SIMPLE STRUCTURE,BUT WHEN
RENOVATED BY THE SATAVAHANA RULERS, BECAME A
HIGHLY MARKED ARCHITECTURAL MONUMENT.
AMRAVATI STUPA WAS FOUNDED BY AN EMISSARY OF
EMPEROR ASHOKA.
THE MAIN PART WAS A SOLID
GREAT DOME WHICH WHICH
WAS 18M HIGH.
THE DOME WAS MADE OF
PALE GREEN LIMESTONE
WHICH WAS MOST PROBABLY
PAINTED WITH BRIGHT
COLOURS.
THE LOWER PART OF DOME
WAS COVERED WITH STONE
RELIEFS.
A SMALL BOX WAS USUALLY
PLACED WITHIN THE DOME
OF A STUPA. WHICH
CONTAINS ASHES OF
BUDDHA,CALLED HARMIKA.
THERE WERE FOUR GATEWAYS IN THE RAILING AROUND
THE STUPA. EACH ONE OF THE GATEWAYS MARKED ONE
OF THE FOUR DIRECTIONS.
EACH GATEWAY INTO THE AMARAVATI STUPA WAS A
GROUP OF FIVE PILLARS. THE PILLARS WERE MOUNTED
ON A SPECIAL PLATFORM.
AROUND THE OUTER LIMITS OF THE STUPA WAS A TALL
RAILING MADE OF LIMESTONE. THE RAILING MARKED
BOUNDARIES OF STUPA.
LION SCULPTURES WERE PLACED AT THE GATEWAYS.
LIONS REPRESENTED POWER AND STRENGTH TO
PROTECT THE STUPA.
AMARAVATI TODAY
In the late nineteenth
century most of the
main sculptures of the
stupa were taken from
the site and sent to
museum.
Reconstruction of the
stupa is done based on
Douglas Barrett’s
(Sculptures from
Amaravati in the
British Museum, 1954)
SANCHI STUPA
SANCHI STUPA IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH.
Urdhava patas
45cm dia
60-90 cmc/c
Suchi 60 cm dia