MELBOURNE -- Shimmering white against the bright blue Australian sky, in a quiet corner of bushland 160 km northwest of Melbourne, a large concrete structure that is home to one of the most important artifacts in the Buddhist world is taking shape.
Pagoda will hold one of the world's top collections of the faith's sacred relics
These marble Tibetan snow lions were carved in Vietnam for Bendigo's Great Stupa. (Photo by Geoff Hiscock)
MELBOURNE -- Shimmering white against the bright blue Australian sky, in a quiet corner of bushland 160 km northwest of Melbourne, a large concrete structure that is home to one of the most important artifacts in the Buddhist world is taking shape.