Wonders within the stupa
Buddha Smriti Park's grandeur unfurls across a sprawling 22-acre area and offers panoramic vistas of the park's lush environs with a towering dome. And within its sanctified walls lie the most sacred of treasures—the very relics of Lord Buddha himself, secured in a hallowed glass enclosure where a diminutive golden statue of the Enlightened One sits in eternal meditation.
Yet this is not the only precious relic within the stupa's embrace. In a symbolic gesture transcending borders, His Holiness the Dalai Lama and monks from Thailand, Myanmar, Japan, South Korea, and Sri Lanka placed holy relics here —places where Buddha's universal teachings manifested in physical form. His Holiness the Dalai Lama himself presided over this profound ceremony. He was joined by the spiritual envoys who carried these blessed artefacts across lands and oceans to converge at this luminous epicentre.
A sanctuary of profound significance
The Buddha Smriti Park is also home to an archaeological marvel that transcends mere brick and stone - a relic stupa whose hallowed chambers enshrine the mortal remains of Lord Buddha himself. This revered monument is integral to the eight legendary stupas constructed worldwide, each serving as an eternal vessel for the enlightened one's earthly vestige following his ascension into Mahaparinirvana.
According to ancient traditions that have echoed through Buddhist consciousness, it was in the aftermath of Buddha's cremation by Kushinagar's fishermen that his mortal remains were distributed among eight claimants—the noble realms of Vaishali, Magadha, Kapilavastu, Alakappa, Ramagram, Vethadipa, and the hallowed lands of Pava and Kushinagar itself. The relic enshrined within this stupa's sanctum sanctorum hails from Vaishali, one of the select few blessed to receive a portion of the supreme being's sacred ash.
As one stands before this architectural embodiment of humanity's spiritual evolution, the immensity of its cosmic significance reverberates through every fibre of one's being. For here, encapsulated within ancient stone, lies the essence of the Buddha's corporeal journey.