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Piprahwa Stupa
kapilvastu, Nepal Phone: Not AvailableAbout
The Stupa of Piprahwa, in the Basti region of Uttar Pradesh state of northwestern India very near the border with Nepal, is a large round mudbrick structure which is believed to have been built by the Sakya clan to retain some of the ashes of their clansman, Sakyamuni, Siddhartha Gautama , the fifth and most famous historical Buddha .