Shanti Stupa, Delhi

Delhi's Shanti Stupa, close to Humayun's Tomb, is a Buddhist monument, built as a symbol of peace and universal brotherhood. It is one of around 80 Peace Pagodas raised by the Japanese Buddhist order Nipponzan-Myōhōji. The monk Nichidatsu Fujii first planned it with Jawaharlal Nehru, though work began only in 2004, in partnership with the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi and the city's Development Authority, and took three years.

The Dalai Lama inaugurated the stupa in November 2007, at a ceremony attended by Mikhail Gorbachev, state governors, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit and many Buddhist monks and nuns. The stupa is 30 m high and 37 m across, set within a Japanese garden. It draws around 2.5 million visitors a year.