Sentences with phrase «buddhist pilgrimage»

Upon completion of the safari take a city tour of Anuradhapura, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the world's largest archaeological «dig», a renowned beauty spot and a centre of Buddhist pilgrimage.

Later, visit the glittering Shwesandaw Pagoda, one of the most important Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Myanmar, which is believed to house some hairs of the Buddha.

Bodhgaya is one of the most revered Buddhist pilgrimage centers in the world.

In July 2013, multiple bombs exploded in Bodh Gaya, India, in and around the holiest Buddhist pilgrimage site, the Mahabodhi temple that marks the spot where the Buddha attained enlightenment.

Its map of Buddhist pilgrimage places and its glossary of Buddhist terms are aids to the beginner in Buddhist studies.

Built between 1997 and 2008 in a relatively remote part of China's HenanProvince (a common site for Buddhist pilgrimages) the statue stands 420 feet tall (502 if you count the base, which Tilly doesn't).

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Andhra Pradesh has 200 + important Buddhist sites dating back to the 3rd Century B.C. and is an important center for pilgrimage and study.

In Osaka, food and shopping are in your face, but just two hours south, you can make a pilgrimage to Mount Koya where the only accommodations available are Buddhist temples.

Drive to Nagano and explore the city's highlights, including the 7th - century Zenkoji Temple, an important pilgrimage destination which houses the first Buddhist statue brought to Japan.

The location has been a pilgrimage site for over 2,000 years, and most visitors there wore traditional white clothing as is customary when visiting sacred locations in the Buddhist world.

The temple was built between the 9th and 12th Centuries and it receives, on average, a paltry five tourists a day — mostly Buddhist monks on pilgrimage.

Travel north to Zentsuji, revered as the birthplace of the Buddhist priest Kobo Daishi and as one of the important stops along Shikoku's 750 - mile and 88 - temple pilgrimage route.

The deer park is one of four holy Buddhist sites sanctioned by the Buddha himself for pilgrimage.

Simmons received her BFA from Bard College (2004) after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist Monks.

The artist received her BFA from Bard College (2004) after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist Monks.

She received her BFA from Bard College after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist Monks.

Simmons received her BFA from Bard College (2004) after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the Transatlantic slave trade with Buddhist monks.

Simmons received her BFA from Bard College (2004) after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist monks.

Xaviera Simmons received her BFA from Bard College (2004) after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the transatlantic slave trade with Buddhist monks.

About the Artist Xaviera Simmons received her B.F.A. from Bard College in 2004, after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist monks.

She received a BFA from Bard College (2004) after spending 2 years of walking pilgrimage retracing the Trans Atlantic Slave Trade with Buddhist Monks.

She has curated major international exhibitions, including Circle of Bliss: Buddhist Meditational Art (2003, finalist for the Alfred Barr Award for best exhibition catalogue) at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity and Islam (2010) at the Rubin Museum, New York, Prakriti Speaks: Contemporary Nepali Art (2011) in Mumbai, and Jewels of Newar Art (2011), Kathmandu.

Xaviera Simmons received her BFA from Bard College (2004) after spending two years on a walking pilgrimage retracing the Transatlantic slave trade with Buddhist monks.