3D Photosynth Photo Panoramas of Indian Buddhist Sites

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Sites at locations visited by the Buddha

Boldface entries indicate specific locations used intensively or mmost strongly associated with the Buddha

Visitors may additionally be interested in my evolving Pilgrim's Guide to Indian Buddhist Pilgrimage Sites

Lumbini

• Asokan Pillar
• Bathing Tank
• Bodhi Tree, Bathing Tank and Building Housing Birthplace

Kapilavatthu (Kapilavastu)

• Panorama near Kapilavatthu Stupa
• Panorama 2 near Kapilavatthu Stupa
• Sakyans Stupa and surrounds
• Central Region

Bodh Gaya

• Maha Bodhi Temple Complex. [NB: This photosynth includes views from many angles with incomplete integration; the viewer is advised to use Photosynth's capacity to go to the "next" image, or (better) to use the Direct3D viewer, where one can move between 3D sections.]
• Sujata home site stupa

Sarnath

• Isipatana Migadaya (the Deer Park)
  • Dhamekh Stupa
  • Panorama from Middle
  • Panorama from near Asokan Pillar
  • Mulaghandakuti ('Original fragrant Kuti')
  • Panorama from west
  • Element of monastery 1
• Chaukandi Stupa -- Believed to mark the site where the Buddha (re)encountered his first disciples [the group of five ascetics], following his Awakening.

Rajagaha (Rajgir)

• Venuvana (The Bamboo Grove), a favoured retreat of the Buddha, and the site of a number of suttas
• Maha Moggalanna Stupa at Kalasila
• Sattapanni Cave (site of First Buddhist Council)
• Top of Vulture's Peak (Gridhra-Kuta Hill)
• Jail in which King Bimbisara was imprisoned by his son

Savatthi

• Jetavana (Jeta's Grove, Anathapindika's Monastery) -- the site of a large number of the Buddha's discourses (Suttas) and the plurality of the Buddha's rains retreats
  • Locations used intensively by the Buddha
    • Gandakuti in Jetavana
    • The Buddha's Cankama Path
    • Kosamba Kuti and Ananda Kuti
  • Kuti Attributed to Ven. Sivali
  • Newly Excavated Monastery & Tank
  • Panorama between Ananda Bodhi Tree and the Buddha's Cankama Path
  • Ananda Bodhi Tree
  • Kushana Stupa (Stupa 17; claimed by some to be associated with either Maha Moggallana or Maha Kassapa)
  • Buddha Deva Stupa (claimed by some to be associated with either Maha Moggallana or Maha Kassapa)
  • Temples 11 and 12
  • Monastery 19 (said to be associated with the Buddha's son, Ven. Rahula
  • Monastery 1
  • Example Grove ('Vana')
• Angulimala Stupa in Savatthi)
• Kachi Kuti -- Anathapindika Home Site Stupa
• Orajhar (said by the Archaeological Society of India to the be the Eastern Monastery donated by Lady Visakha; claimed by others to be the site of the Twin Miracle) [NB: This photosynth includes views from many angles with incomplete integration; the viewer is advised to use Photosynth's capacity to go to the "next" image, or (better) to use the Direct3D viewer, where one can move between 3D sections.]

Vesali

• Vasaili Panorama showing Ghandhakuti
• Coronation Tank
• Panorama near Possibly Asokan Pillar and Stupa
• Possibly Asokan Pillar and Stupa

Kesariya

• Kesariya Stupa (commemorating Kalama Sutta and the Buddha's gift of his bowl prior to his Maha Parinibbana) [NB: This photosynth includes views from many angles with incomplete integration; the viewer is advised to use Photosynth's capacity to go to the "next" image, or (better) to use the Direct3D viewer, where one can move between 3D sections.]

Nalanda

• Sariputta Birthplace Stupa

Ukkacela

• Northern Ananda Stupa from Ukkacela (Hajipur) [NB: This photosynth includes views from many angles with incomplete integration; the viewer is advised to use Photosynth's capacity to go to the "next" image, or (better) to use the Direct3D viewer, where one can move between 3D sections.]

Pataliputra (Patna)

• Remains of Pillared Hall at the Kumrahar [NB: This photosynth includes views from many angles with incomplete integration; the viewer is advised to use Photosynth's capacity to go to the "next" image, or (better) to use the Direct3D viewer, where one can move between 3D sections.]
• Arogya Vihar, Patna (Pataliputra)

Pava (Fazilnagar)

• Cunda Stupa [NB: This photosynth includes views from many angles with incomplete integration; the viewer is advised to use Photosynth's capacity to go to the "next" image, or (better) to use the Direct3D viewer, where one can move between 3D sections.]

Kusinara (Kushinagar)

• Cremation stupa
• Photos from the Grounds of the Kusinara Maha Parinibbana Temple
  • Broadest Panorama (showing a good meditation area)
  • Panorama including Maha Parinibbana Temple
  • Second panorama including Maha Parinibbana Temple
• The Maha Parinibbana Temple from Different Angles
• Statue in Maha Parinibbana Temple
• Matha Kaur Shrine

Miscellaneous

Modern Bas-Relief Depiction of Buddha's Life at Maha-Bodhi Temple (Bodh Gaya)

Indian Buddhist sites from after the time of the Buddha

Karla Caves

• Main Chaityagrha -- this is apparently the biggest stone-carved Buddhist Chaityagrha in India. It includes rafters over 2000 years old and intact wooden umbrella above the Stupa
• Entryway to the main Chaityagriha
• Exteriors of Central Cave Region

Bhaja Caves

• Primary Chaityagriha (including wooden rafters)
• Stone Raftered Temple (modeled after a wooden temple)

Ajanta Caves

• Spectacularly Carved interior of Cave 26 -- including Maha Parinibbana, but far more extensive
• Maha Parinibbana Carving (specifically) in Cave 26
• Beautifully Carved Cave 19
• Cave 9 (one of the oldest 2 caves at Ajanta)
• Interior and Exterior of Cave 10 (Believed to be the Earliest Ajanta Chaityagriha)
• Cave 4 Statues, Carvings and Paintings
• Statue

Visitors here may also be interested in my regular photographs of Buddhist sites in India (located on Panoramio), as well as my photosynths of Buddhist art from India.

I have many additional panoramas available. If you have particular interest, please write to me (osgood 'at' cs.usask.ca), and I can provide you access to the broader set.

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