#Sarnath

Alan MorrisGoonerSharky
2025-05-03

When I went to in February, I managed to do a sunrise boat ride on the before touring around and then going to . This page details my day and has my from this exciting adventure on my around this wonderful country.

alan-morris.es/travel/escorted

Stephen 🇵🇭✈️📷smlgo@pixelfed.social
2025-01-23
#Sarnath in #Varanasi #India

Sarnath is one of the four places of Buddhist pilgrimage, the Deer Park in Sarnath is where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma. Several remains of temples, stupas and monasteries from the 3rd century B.C. to 12th century A.D. can be found here. Also a base of an Ashoka Pillar has survived.

#Travel #Photography #IncredibleIndia March 2024
Sharad Mohanssharadmohhan
2023-02-01


Turning the Wheel of
This panel found at Sahri Bahlol, a site & dated Year 5 corresponding to 132 AD is of delivering His first Sermon at near in is now at Museum

He is followed by Gods & and two other
A similar panel is displayed at Museum

ReadingFaithfully.org☸📗ReadingFaithfully_org
2022-12-11

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This week's is located in , outside of . It is believed to be built on the location of the 's first sermon, the .

All images are from Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhamek_S

Here are links to various translations of the sutta the Buddha preached on this spot: sutta.readingfaithfully.org/?q

Dhamek Stupa in the background with several small devotional stupas in the foreground. There is a small person walking around the main stupa which gives a sense of the scale. The grounds are covered with lawn and bordered by hedges.Dhamekh Stupa close-up which reveals intricate geometric decorations as well as a variety of floral and plant motifs. While the designs are mostly intact, there is serious deterioration in places. The stones are a light brown colour.Dhamek stupa Sarnath in a watercolour by Abdullah, Shaikh, 1814 (sketch), 1819 (colour)Red dot on a map of India indicating the location of the stupa. It is in Uttar Pradesh in far northern India near the Ganges river.

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