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Boudhanath Stupa
Stupas are Buddhist memorials. Though they can be from a few inches / centimeters tall to hundreds of feet / scores of meters tall and come in a wide variety of forms, the heart of every stupa is a representation of the burial mounds under which the Buddha's cremated remains were placed, one stupa at each of the major locations where he had taught.
Stupas contain either relics or "treasures," typically religious texts, at their core but are solid masonry. Legend says that the enormous stupa here was built during a draught using water collected from dew to make mortar each day.
The stupa is built on many levels of terraces, and is painted with safron garlands and adorned with prayer flags. It is set in a mandala (mystical circle) design. Altogether 108 Buddha images and 147 inset prayer wheels adorn the base of the huge circular edifice. It was created in the mid 5th century and has had many renovations since. The last major update was in the middle 1850, when the outer ring of prayer wheels was added.
