Walking in Dhamek Stupa in Sarnath (Buddhist Pilgrimage) // Sarnath 4K India

This tour -4K Walk in Dhamek Stupa in Sarnath - Varanasi Tour - Uttar Pradesh Tour - India Walking Tour Please do Subscribe to my channel and help She' Walkin grow. Thanks to your support we can share amazing content. Please JOIN SHE' WALKIN    / @keepwalkinwithshewalkin   Support me on Patreon :   / shewalkin   Camera used : DJI Osmo Pocket ✅Please support my channel via PayPal using this link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/shewa... ✅Also you can always help my channel grow with a LIKE on the video and a COMMENT. No money needed for that 🌻🌻 ✅Check out my other youtube channel Shivani Explores:    / @shivaniexplorin726   All material in this video is original and personally recorded by She' Walkin on location Copyright © 2021 All Rights Reserved. #varanasi #banaras #kashi #benaras #uttarpradesh #india #sarnath #buddha #buddhistpilgrimage #stupa Dhamek Stupa (also spelled Dhamekh and Dhamekha, traced to Sanskrit version Dharmarajika Stupa, which can be translated as the Stupa of the reign of Dharma) is a massive stupa located at Sarnath, 13 km away from Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Stupas originated as pre-Buddhist tumuli, in which ascetics were buried in a seated position,called chaitya. After the parinirvana of the Buddha, his remains were cremated and the ashes divided and buried under eight mounds with two further mounds encasing the urn and the embers. Little is known about these early stupas, particularly since it has not been possible to identify the original ten monuments. However, some later stupas, such as at Sarnath and Sanchi, seem to be embellishments of earlier mounds. The Dhamek Stupa was built in 500 CEto replace an earlier structure commissioned by the great Mauryan king Ashoka in 249 BCE, along with several other monuments, to commemorate the Buddha's activities in this location. Stupas originated as circular mounds encircled by large stones. King Ashoka built stupas to enshrine small pieces of calcinated bone and other relics of the Buddha and his disciples. An Ashoka pillar with an edict engraved on it stands near the site. The Dhamek Stupa is said to mark the spot (Rishipattana which can be translated as "where the Rishi arrived") where the Buddha gave the first sermon to his first five disciples, led by Kaundinya, after attaining enlightenment,"revealing his Eightfold Path leading to nirvana". This event marked the formation of the sangha. In several of the ancient sources the site of the first sermon is mentioned to have been at a ″Mriga-dayaa-vanam″ or a sanctuary for animals. ( In Sanskrit mriga is used in the sense of game animals, deer being the most common). The last royal endowment at the site is dated to about 12th c. CE, after which the location of the Mrigadayavanam seems to have been lost even to the devout. The stupa was enlarged on six occasions but the upper part is still unfinished.While visiting Sarnath in 640 CE, Xuanzang recorded that the colony had over 1,500 priests and the main stupa was nearly 300 feet (91 m) high. In its current shape, the stupa is a solid cylinder of bricks and stone reaching a height of 43.6 meters and having a diameter of 28 meters. It is the most massive structure in Sarnath.The basement seems to have survived from Ashoka's structure: the stone facing is chiseled and displays delicate floral carvings of Gupta origin. The wall is covered with exquisitely carved figures of humans and birds, as well as inscriptions in the Brāhmī script. (Source- Wikipedia) More walking - Walking in Mumbai (🇮🇳) -    • 4K 🇮🇳 MUMBAI - Colaba Causeway - India wal...   Walking in Rajasthan (🇮🇳) -    • 4K 🇮🇳 Rajasthan Walk - Pushkar Town - Indi...   Walking in Delhi (🇮🇳) -    • 4K 🇮🇳 New Delhi - A walk in Connaught Plac...   Walking in Himalayas (🇮🇳) -    • [4K] Walking CHITKUL - a Village in Himala...   Join my Patreon family (🌟) -   / shewalkin