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Global Vipassana Pagoda
विश्व विपस्सना पॅगोडा
Gorai, Mumbai, Maharashtra · 19.2281°, 72.8061°
Vipassana meditation dome dedicated to the teaching of Sayagyi U Ba KhinModernBurmese, modelled on the Shwedagon Pagoda
Sacred since
2000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
built 2000–2009
Modern
History & significance
A donation-funded meditation hall at Gorai seating roughly 8,000 practitioners beneath what is described as the world's largest stone dome built without supporting pillars; it was inaugurated in 2009 as a monument to Vipassana practice.