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Arising historically from the chaitya (funerary mounds) of early Buddhism and symbolically from the tope (ushnisha), bundle of hair, on the crown of the Buddha's head, the stupa is viewed as a physical representation of the unseen enlightened mind of a Buddha - incorporating both the blueprint for the path to enlightenment and enlightenment itself.

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Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)

Stupa (Buddhist Reliquary)