Sanchi is the perfect place to get to know stupas better! There's the Great Stupa built by Emperor Ashoka, that we read about as kids - with other stupas around it. They've got beautiful stone inscriptions of animals and scenes from mythology.

The earliest stupas contained ashes of Buddha too! While the Great Stupa itself does not have any relics, Stupa 3 contains the relics of Sariputra and Mahamoggallana, the disciples of the Buddha. They're shown to public once every year (usually during the International Buddhist Festival in November), when thousands of Buddhist devotees from around the world come to visit.

It's not just stupas you find in Sanchi - there's an entire group of Buddhist monuments, also called the 'Sanchi Stupa complex'! There are temples, pillars, and gateways as well. So don’t miss out on one of the oldest Buddhist sanctuaries in existence.