Discovery of the half body Anand relic stupa in the Lichavis share. "Nandpur Saroop" village.This is the half body Anand stupa of the Lichavis. The stupas name is "Nandpur Swaroop" which literally means the dead figure of Anand. According to Huen Tsang after the Buddhas death the Lichavis of Vaishali/Pidhauli invited Anand to stay with them. So Anand decides to cross the Ganges. He gets into a boat on the Magadh side near what is today the village of "Athmal Gola." He is crossing Raghopur Diara on the Ganges when the king of Magadh comes with his entire army and pleads with him to come back. When Vaishali/Pidhauli hear of it they go with an army to their banks of the Ganges and plead to him to come to Vaishali. Anand realizes that the two aren't following the Buddhas path so he commits suicide in the middle of the river. But before that he tells his disciples that after his body is burnt to divide the relics between Vaishali and Magadh. This is done and half his relics is dropped on the nortrhern banks of the Ganges and the other half on the south. The Lichavis take the relics and make a stupa on the spot to mark the place where the upper half of Ands relics was dropped. Today it is called Anand Golwa. The king of Magadh took his share of relics and made a stupa where his share of the half body relics was dropped on the southern banks of the Ganges. He makes a stupa to mark the spot which is today called "Athmal Gola." 'Ath' of 'Athmal' means half and the last three letters 'mal' means the bottom portion. Magadh takes their relics to Rajgir and enshrines them in a stupa named "Dumri" which means the bottom portion. The Lichavis take their share of relics to Vaishali/Pidhauli and enshrine them in a stupa they name as 'Nandpur Swaroop' which literally means the dead form of Anand as Nand is a nickname or short form for Anand. Villages settled on these stupas thereby keeping the names alive. So folks enjoy the video of the half body Anand stupa of the Lichavis. Enjoy the stupa of Nandpur Swaroop.

Here is the link to the youtube video of "Nandpur Saroop" village.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAP23YW885U