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Someone is buried in this column


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Guest 28-Dec-2007 06:08
The lotus cap that you see there plugs the hollowed-out hole which originally contained relics (ashes) of a Buddhist elder monk belonging to the Mahasanghika sect, the forerunner of Mahayana School. This great cetiyaghara (hall) dated around 60 BCE.
Andrys Basten21-Feb-2006 03:49
Seems even more confining than being underground. :-)
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