A souvenir seller stands in front of Jetavanaramaya Dagoba is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the the ancient Buddhist Sacred City of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
The Sacred City of Anuradhapuray was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist nuns. Anuradhapura, a Ceylonese political and religious capital that flourished for 1,300 years, was abandoned after an invasion in 993. Hidden away in dense jungle for many years, the splendid site, with its palaces, monasteries and monuments, is now accessible once again, regarded as one of Sri Lanka’s major historical and cultural sites. The Jetavanaramaya (Sinhala: ජේතවනාරාමය, jētavanārāmaya) is a stupa, or Buddhist reliquary monument, located in the ruins of Jetavana monastery in the world heritage city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. At 122 metres (400 ft) it was the world's tallest stupa[1] and the third tallest structure in the world[2] when it was built by King Mahasena of Anuradhapura (273–301). He initiated the construction of the stupa following the destruction of the Mahavihara. His son Maghavanna I completed the construction of the stupa.[3] A part of a sash or belt tied by the Buddha is believed to be the relic that is enshrined here.
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Location: Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
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