Devotee Circumambulation a Stupa

Description

A relief fragment from Bharhut depicting a stupa with a railing in red sandstone. A stupa is made of a mud-build core at the centre with the harmika on the outer surface marking the axis-mundi. Through this fragment, we get a glimpse of stupa architecture invariably seen at Bharhut and Sanchi. In this fragment, the decorated stupa occupies a large part, whereas one-fourth of its space is given to a female devotee entering the stupa enclosure for circumambulation (pradakshina).