The Golden Buddha of Kushinagar — Where the Enlightened One Took His Final Breath
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June 19, 2026
The Golden Buddha of Kushinagar – The Enlightened One’s Final Rest Photograph. It represents a radical departure in this tour. Each place to date-the Taxila garden Buddha, the broken heads behind glass, the windy ruins of Jamal Garhi, the cross-shaped…
Bhamala – The cross-shaped stupa and the world’s oldest sleeping Buddha
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June 19, 2026
This UNESCO info sign, pictured before the exact site it details, gives us insight into a place unlike any other we’ve covered. We are no longer in Taxila itself, but in Haripur District, on a hill above the Haro River – Bhamala, where rests an utterly…