Buddha of Bamyan

My beloved Country 😢😭🇦🇫

Visited the Buddha of Bamyan a year ago and climbed the small Buddha. It was really nice and worth-seeing. One can really realize the dignity of Buddha when he/she visit it personally. It is very unfortunate that they were blown up by terrorist group Taliban. People of Bamyan have really lost a big historical heritage.

Because this place is most famous historical place

Nothing but a giant cleft in the mountain left. The glories of a beautiful and ancient civilisation gone, in an instant. The Buddha watched over his land for centuries. Now it has gone, along with the dharma and the peace his message brought to the this part of the world. Namo Buddhaya.

Fortunate to have spent time in Bamyan (early 1977) prior to the destruction of the Buddhas. Inspiring location. To sit on the cliffs and imagine Alexander The Great riding down through the valley ! What a wonderful country such a shame that they have suffered so much turmoil since then.