of the The most famous building donated to the Order during the lifetime Buddha was the Jetavana Monastery and park at Savatthi given by an exceedingly rich banker/merchant by the name of Anathapindika. The land for the building was purchased irom King Prasenadjit by covering the entire area with gold pieces. Like that of the Veluvana Monastery, the site was carefull selected so as to be and for coming easily not too iar from the down, and not too ne convenient for going by nig not(oo crowded, to too much nose and alarm, protected from the wind, hidden from men, well fitted for a retired life(Davids Oldenberg 1885 Ill. 187) containing and Buddhist texts also state that the monastery sixty large the sixty halls, was built on a plan furnished by a celestial(deva) of Tusita en and was ornamented with paintings or bas reliefs, depicting subject specified by the Buddha hims(Rockhill 1884: 48-49). such examples is possible to how monasteries, like the earthly palaces of kings, came to be modelled on the imagined homes of the celestials that inhabit the Buddhist heavens Festivities associated with the dedication ceremony were no less magnificent 500 followers, belonging to the richest lAnathapindikal sent first his son, richly attired, with families, then followed his two daughters with 500 girls, all decked with the most costly ornaments Everyone carried flags of five different colours. These were followed by 500 dames, having the ric Buddhism and the Development of Monasteries in Burma