Stupa at Sanchi

Sanchi, known for the Buddhist monuments is located on a hilltop in the State of Madhya Pradesh in India. Listed as one of the World Heritage Sites by UNESCO, this place has stupas; one of the most striking edifices in Buddhist as well as Mauryan styles.

There are three stupas here, of which the first and the third one are alike. One can find the remnants of Sariputta and Mahamogallena, two earliest disciples of Lord Buddha in the innermost chamber of these stupas.