Stupa Garden now under construction!

The expert stupa builders have arrived 

at Land of Arya Tara!


After the mammoth job of collecting all the stones required and trucking them and other materials to the site (see previous post on this blog), the platform for the stupa garden is being prepared, with a massive retaining wall at its edge.  Then the major job of precisely building the base for the stupas was commenced this week. 

The nearly completed platform for the stupa garden is on the right

The completed retaining wall for the stupa platform 
seen from below

A very deep trench was dug by hand for the base 
of the retaining wall


Prayer flags were hung on an auspicious day


Careful planning by the chief expert stupa builder to ensure 
the necessary precision for these holy objects

Preparing the steel reinforcement rods for the base of the stupas

Dinner time for the stupa builders