Pagoda Vipasana Gorai Mumbai | Global Vipassana Pagoda

The Global Vipassana Pagoda that was inaugurated on February 8, 2009, is a monument of peace which aims to spread teachings of compassion and non-violence propagated by the Buddha and to promote the practice of Vipassana.
The pagoda, has been constructed mainly with donations received from former students and devotees around the world. The people of Myanmar donated the marble used for the flooring and the umbrella placed atop the pagoda. The people of Thailand donated the golden paint typically used in pagodas, which is not available in India.
Designed by Indian architect Chandubhai Sompura on the lines of the Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, Myanmar, the Global Pagoda is a hollow structure, having a dome of 280-ft diameter. Below it is a massive 6,000-sq mt pillar-less meditation hall which can accommodate 8,000 meditators at a time.