The stupa is found in many Buddhist countries: pagoda in Japan, chorten in Tibet, dagoba in Sri Lana

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A cast metal
devotional stupa
from Central Tibet

A row of heavily weathered hill-top stupas in Tibet.

Northern Nepal.

Thailand has a wide range of styles. A modern, ornate example.

The Peace Pagoda in Milton Keynes, Southern England.

The delicately balanced ‘hanging rock’ stupa in Burma.