Stupa: Religious Context & Sites

Subjects, Topics & Sites:
- Description (below)
- Amaravati Stupa
- Gyantse Stupa, Tsang
- Densatil Tashi Gomang Stupas
- Jonang Kumbum Stupa (Dolpopa)
- Tsang Riwoche Kumbum (Tangtong Gyalpo)
- Stupas in Amdo (Rob Linrothe)
- Baudhanath (Nepal)
- Swayambhunath (Nepal)
- Aniko Stupa (Beijing, China)
- Bodhgaya Stupa Model
- Bodhgaya Stupa (Beijing, China)
- Behai (Beijing, China)
- Wutaishan (Shanxi, China)
- Potala Palace Stupas
- Cityscapes, Monasteries & Pilgrimage Sites
- Confusions: Bon Chorten
- Others...

Videos:
- Stupas, Introduction
- Deities & Stupas
- Stupa Pilgrimage Art
- Stupa Shapes

In painting some sacred mountains are depicted as stupas while at the same time they can be described in literature as mandalas of deities such as Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini.

Jeff Watt 6-2015 [updated 6-2017]

(The images below are only a selection of examples from the links above).

Teacher (Lama)
Trinle Shingta

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)
Baudhanath

Location

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)
Painting

Location

Teacher (Lama)
(unidentified, male, monastic)

Architecture
Temple

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)
Baudhanath