📜 A bulky, ancient stupa in Varanasi, India, marking the site of Siddhartha Gautama's seminal Buddhist teaching.🔍 First built in 249 B.C. by Ashoka the Great, its current iteration dates to 500 A.D.# Why Go✨ Commemorates the seminal spark of all Buddhist teaching and the site of Buddha's first sermon, the 'Dharma Chakra Pravartana'.🏛️ Admire the impressive 141-foot tall stupa with intricate carvings of floral, geometric, animal, and human figures from the Gupta Period.🙏 Opportunity to circumambulate in worship of the Buddha.🌳 Explore the well-maintained historical deer park with shaded benches.🚶 Enjoy easy access to this sacred Buddhist site.