Location India State Uttar Pradesh | Affiliation Buddhism Status Preserved | |
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Address Rishpattan Rd, Near Sarnath Museum, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007 Hours Open today · 6AM–5PMSaturday6AM–5PMSunday6AM–5PMMonday6AM–5PMTuesday6AM–5PMWednesday6AM–5PMThursday6AM–5PMFriday6AM–5PM Similar Dhamek Stupa, Ramnagar Fort, Deer Park, Tulsi Manas Mandir, Sarnath Museum | ||
Chaukhandi stupa place where lord buddha met five ascetics after enlightenment
Chaukhandi Stupa is an important Buddhist stupa in Sarnath, located 13 kilometres from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Stupas have evolved from burial mounds and serve as a shrine for a relic of the Buddha.
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History
The Chaukhandi Stupa is thought originally to have been built as a terraced temple during the Gupta period between the 4th and 6th centuries to mark the site where Lord Buddha and his first disciples met traveling from Bodh Gaya to Sarnath. Later Govardhan, the son of a Raja, modified the stupa to its present shape by building the octagonal tower to commemorate the visit of Humayun, the powerful Mughal ruler.
Today the stupa is a high earthen mound covered with a brickwork edifice topped by an octagonal tower. It is maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.