Ode to Peace.

Todays photo is a place near the capital city, called Dhauli. This is the Monument of Peace, near the banks of river Daya, where King Ashoka laid down the weapons forever, and accepted Buddhism.


the Shanti Stupa, Dhauli, Orissa

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