Architecture of Dhamek Stupa

Dhamek Stupa

1. Dhamekh Stupa is situated in Sarnath, near the Varanasi city of India. 2. One of the most revered as well as most frequented Buddhist pilgrim sites in India; 3. the stupa is cylindrical in shape. 4. Dhamekha Stupa was built on the site where Lord Buddha preached his first sermon, after attaining Enlight ened in Bodh Gaya. 5. The stupa is the most impressive as well as the most famous structures in Sarnath and is quite similar in its 6. architecture to the stupas built during that period. 7. The base of the stupa is more than 28 m in diameter and it rises to a height of 31.3 m.

1. Dhamek Stupa stands on a pedestal and has an entrance, which measures 43.6 m on its feet. 2. The stupa was initially founded during the Mauryan period and has been partly constructed out of red bricks and stones. 3. Colonel Cunningham of Royal British Army carried out the first excavation connected with the stupa, in the early 20th century. 4. Since that time, numerous digging expeditions have taken place in and around the same site. 5. The trunk of the Dhamekh Stupa stands adorned with decorative patterns.

Dhamek Stupa (1891)