A sense of the sacred permeates the cultural complex at Qila Rai Pithora in Delhi’s Lado Sarai. For the next five months, the formerly defunct gallery space is home to The Light and the Lotus: Relics ...
In 1898, William Peppé, a British engineer, excavated the Piprahwa stupa near Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh (nine miles from Lumbini, the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama), and found bone fragments, ...
The Piprahwa Stupa in India. (Photo courtesy of Wikimedia/Creative Commons) The British Crown, which ruled over colonial India from 1858 to 1947, claimed Peppé’s finds under the 1878 Indian Treasure ...
The tender warmth of a passing winter sun welcomes visitors to the green expanse of Qila Rai Pithora lawns near the Qutb complex in south Delhi that hosts 'Light & the Lotus: Relics of the Awakened ...