Built in 2008 to showcase the Buddha's teaching, the pagoda is the world's largest unsupported dome structure, pieced together using an ancient technique of interlocking blocks.

BBC: Following the Buddha around Bombay

But that destruction has largely been forgotten as tourists flock to the newly renovated pagoda complex, where elaborate halls and temples venerate the Buddha.

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Enshrined at the base of the pagoda tower, just as they were in stupas 2, 000 years ago, are pearlized remains of the Buddha -- their presence is thought to be conducive to meditation.

BBC: Following the Buddha around Bombay