Word: stupa
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Dates: during 1952-1952
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...bones were ceremoniously carried back to Sanchi. Prime Minister Nehru opened the celebration, and officials of eight Asiatic countries were on hand, among them Burma's pious Premier U Nu. Before a reverent crowd of 100,000, the bones, encased in glass, were carried up to a new stupa, built on a hilltop near the old ruins. Then, while saffron-robed monks chanted Buddhist litanies, the remains of the honored disciples Sariputta and Moggallana were laid to rest...