The Impact of the Concept of “Tank (Wewa)-Stupa (Dagaba)‚ Village (Gama) - Temple (Pansala)” (TSVT) to an Integrated Tourism Promotion System: A study in Anuradhapura District‚ Sri Lanka Dayangana K T L U S a‚ Gamlath G R M b a Lecturer‚ Department of Tourism and Hospitality Management‚ Faculty of Management Studies‚ Rajarata University of Sri Lanka. udaya8199@gmail.com b Project Accountant‚ National Post Consumer Plastic Waste Management Project‚ Central Environmental Authority‚ Sri Lanka.
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------------------------------------------------- 양식의 맨 위 양식의 맨 아래 10 World Heritage Sites of Nepal: Natural and Cultural Sites Posted by ImNepal.com on May 22‚ 2012 in Tourism · 0 Comment inShare Nepal is a small mountain landlocked nation in the world. Even it has the area of 147‚181 sq. km.‚ Nepal holds 10 places as UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization) as ‘World Heritage Sites’. There are 830 properties of world in World Heritage List as cultural and natural
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The interfaith conference was initiated by Pope John Paul‚ when he desired to make a strong statement affirming the positive nature of Judaism and Christianity’s historical ties. The proving that studying other religions requires that we become better acquainted with our own faith/strengths for our own commitment as disciples of god. To have a better understanding of the multitude of faith beliefs and world views‚ knowledge will perpetuate a deeper acceptance and tolerance between difference people
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number of welfare programmes for his people. Construction of tanks‚ dharmasalas‚ roads and planting of trees were taken up. Ashoka was a great builder. He built stupas‚ viharas and saw that the Buddhist principles were carved on rocks. They are called ’edicts’. We find Ashoka’s stupas and pillars in many parts of India. The Sarnath Stupa is the most famous one.The Ashoka Dharma
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rituals‚ music‚ and dance. Because Hindu architectural styles are expressions of faith‚ adopting new forms would be a denial of the entire past. The supreme sacred monument of Buddhism is the stupa‚ whose basic form is a solid dome crowned by a parasol. Stupas were initially burial mounds for relics. The stupa form‚ with its vertical axis representing the axis mundi‚ or world axis‚ has cosmic implications. The parasol is one of the kingly symbols associated with the Buddha‚ who had renounced his former
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Anakapalle city is a revenue Division part of Greater Visakha Municipal Corporation in the Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh‚ a state in India. The Anakapalle town is famous for its jaggery market. Its market is ranked second in India in terms of jaggery imports/exports.[1] Anakapalle is also a very busy and famous business center in this region. Many people from the rural areas around the town cites Anakapalle as their destination for their shopping and medical needs. 20% of Anakapalli people
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Introduction Built by the Khmers between 802 and 1220 AD‚ the ancient temples of Angkor Wat exist as the remaining relics of a historically and religiously rich city. While many other historical and religious structures in Cambodia have disappeared due in part from being constructed out of vulnerable materials like wood‚ Angkor Wat still remains as a symbol of the divinity of its former kings‚ as well as for the palace itself. Likewise‚ Indonesia’s Borodubur temples exist as the single remaining
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or scattered at sea. Cultural Landscape Pagodas are the principle form of Buddhist architecture‚ which are used as religious multistory Buddhist towers‚ used as a memorial or shrine. Cultural Landscape Stupas were the most important place among all the earliest Buddhist sculptures. A Stupa is a domeshaped monument‚ used to house Buddhists’ artifacts or to commemorate significant facts of Buddhism. Cultural Landscape The Buddhist temples and monasteries‚ found in every Buddhist country
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of artwork. All things considered‚ I found a new fondness for the elements involved to construct such astounding pieces of artwork. Originating from India‚ in the 10th or 11th centuries a Stupas‚ a small‚ black‚ and intricately detailed‚ spiritual ern‚ holds the ashes of the deceased cloistral monks. The stupas’ dome represents both Buddhas‚ Shakyamuni and Vairochana’s astral presence.
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structure to commemorate the elimination of a plague epidemic in the city. He is said to have prayed for the end of a plague that was ravaging his city and vowed to build a masjid at the very place where he was praying. Sanchi Stupa‚ Madhya Pradesh The Great Stupa at Sanchi was built by the emperor Ashoka the Great in the 3rd century BC. Its nucleus was a simple hemispherical brick structure built over the relics of the Buddha. Hawa Mahal‚ Jaipur The Hawa Mahal (Palace of Wind) was
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