In a hillside meadow decorated with prayer flags, this stupa stands 30 meters high. Also called the Peace Stupa of Zalaszántó, it was built in the early 1990s by Bop Jon, a Buddhist monk from South Korea. It was inaugurated by the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyaco in 1993, and is the biggest structure of its kind in Europe.
June 25, 2021
Tokyo, Japan
A grand Buddhist temple with Indian influences.
Shiroi, Japan
A rare public effigy of “the Embracing Kangiten,” the erotic Japanese equivalent of Hindu god Ganesha.
Kamakura, Japan
The alleged site of the months-long imprisonment of a Japanese prince.
Kobe, Japan
A relatively young Buddhist temple on hilltop, dedicated to a statue relocated from Mount Atago.
Kamakura, Japan
A mountaintop shrine-temple guarded by a horde of half-demon priests.
Pune, India
This 700-year-old temple is one of the city's oldest.
Kamakura, Japan
Home to 800-year-old zen basin, a 400-year-old pilgrim’s path, and a century-old industrial grotto.
La Boulaye, France
On the grounds of a former estate in Burgundy stands an elaborate temple that is modeled after the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery.
