A Stupa Specially Built in MIMC in Memory of Sis. GG Tan/Sis. Julie Ang/Sis. Lee Ah Yem/Sis. Jennie Cheong

On 25 August 2010, Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC) in Ladakh held a special prayer to commemorate the First Death Anniversary of Sis. Tan Guat Gnoh, Sis. Julie Ang, Sis. Lee Ah Yem and Sis Jennie Cheong, who lost their precious lives in an accident on 25 August 2009 near Saspol village, Ladakh. An inauguration ceremony of a stupa specially built in memory of them was also conducted on that day.

Here are some of the photographs shared by Ven. Nagasena Thupstan Lundup in his Facebook photo album:

China’s sacred Buddhist Mount Wutai inscribed on UNESCO’s World Heritage List

26 June 2009
The Mount Wutai (五台山），a sacred Buddhist mountain in China that has witnessed to centuries of Buddhist history was added Friday to UNESCO's World Heritage List during the 33rd session of the World Heritage Committee in Seville, Spain.

The site is in Wutai County, Xinzhou City in Shanxi Province, 230 kilometers from the provincial capital, Taiyuan City.

Mount Wutai, literally, the five terrace mountain, is the highest mountain in northern China and is remarkable for its morphology characterized by precipitous sides with five open treeless peaks. Temples have been built on the site since the 1st century AD to the early 20th century.

The cultural landscape numbers 53 monasteries and includes the East Main Hall of Foguang Temple, the highest surviving timber Building of the Tang Dynasty with life size clay sculptures. It also features the Ming Dynasty Shuxiang Temple with a huge complex of 500 statues representing Buddhist stories woven into three dimensional pictures of mountains and water.

Overall, the buildings on the site present a catalogue of the way Buddhist architecture developed and influenced palace building in China over more than one millennium.

(UNESCO's announcement)