 Planning for the construction of the Global Vipassana Pagoda began in 1997, while actual building work started in 2000.The pagoda consists of three sub-domes.The first and largest dome was completed in October 2006 when bone relics of Gautam Buddha were enshrined in the central locking stone of the dome on 29 October 2006, making it the world's largest structure containing relics of the Buddha.