A Stupa (Tib. chorten) is a mound-like structure supposedly designed by the Buddha himself on his deathbed. Buddha instructed his disciples to cremate his body and enclose his relics in four monuments at Lumbini where he was born, Bodhgaya where he attained enlightenment, Sarnath where he gave his first teaching, and Kushinagar where he would die. A stupa is normally made up of a square base symbolizing earth, a hemispherical dome symbolizing water, a conical spire symbolizing fire, a crescent moon symbolizing air, and a circular disc symbolizing space.