Vishwa Shanti Stupa (Wardha – Maharashtra – India)

 

The Shanti Stupa was the brainchild of Fujii Guruji, a Japanese Buddhist monk, in 1978 after having received the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding by the Government of India. He was called Fujii Guruji by Mahatma Gandhi. Statues of Buddha mounted in four directions of the stupa.The pagoda is 28 metres high, is built with white marble and has a golden pinnacle.