Address Somapura Mahavihara Buddhist monastic Naogaon, Bangladesh Diety Mahavihara Introduction Somapura Mahavihara was one of the most famous Buddhist monastic institutions of ancient Bengal. The excavated monastic complex at Parharpur has been identified with the Somapura Mahavihara built by the second Pala king Dharmapala (c 781-821 AD). Some clay seals from the ruins bear the […]
Day: February 23, 2021
Bikrampur Vihara Monastery, Bangladesh
Address Bikrampur Vihara Monastery, Raghurampur Village, Munshiganj, Bangladesh Diety Buddha Introduction Bikrampur Vihara is an ancient Buddhist vihara at Raghurampur village, Bikrampur, Munshiganj District in Bangladesh. The monastery is located at Raghurampur village under Rampal Union of Sadar Upazila of Munshiganj District . The discovery was announced on 23 March 2013, after four years of […]
Takht-i- Bahi Buddhist Monastery, Pakistan.
Address Takht-i- Bahi Buddhist Monastery, Mazdoorabad, Takht Bhai, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Diety Buddha Introduction The ruins are located about 15 kilometres from Mardan in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Province. The Buddhist monastery was founded in the 1st century CE, and was in use until the 7th century. The complex is regarded by archaeologists as being particularly […]
Wat Maha That, Thailand
Address Wat Maha That Naresuan Rd, Tha Wasukri, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya 13000, Thailand Diety Buddha Introduction Wat Maha That or the Monastery of the Great Relic is located on the city island in the central part of Ayutthaya in Tha Wasukri sub-district. The temple is situated on the corner […]
Bojjannakonda Sankaram Monasery, Andhra Pradesh
Address Bojjannakonda Sankaram Monasery, Rebaka, Sankaram village, Vishakhapatnam District, Andhra Pradesh 531032 Diety Buddha Introduction Bojjannakonda and Lingalakonda are two Buddhist rock-cut caves on adjacent hillocks, situated near a village called Sankaram, which is a few kilometres away from Anakapalle, Vishakhapatnam in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The sites are believed to date between […]
Pavurallakonda Buddhist Monastic, Andhra Pradesh
Address Pavurallakonda Buddhist Monastic Pavuralkonda, Bheemili, Visakhapatanam, District, Andhra Pradesh 531163 Diety Buddha Introduction Pavurallakonda or Pavurallabodu is the local name of a hill, popularly known as Narasimhaswamy Konda, near Bheemunipatnam about 25 km towards north of Visakhapatnam, in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is located at a height of about 150 meters […]
Vikkiramangalam Buddha Statue Temple, Ariyalur
Address Vikkiramangalam Buddha Statue Temple, Vikkiramangalam, Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu- 621701 Diety Gautama Buddha Introduction Vikramangalam village in Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, has two beautiful Buddha statues in an ignored condition below a pipal tree by the roadside. One of the Buddhas is 5ft in height. According to Archeologists, this is from the 13th Century. […]
Thiyaganur Buddha temple, Salem
Address Thiyaganur Buddha temple Thiyaganur, Salem district, Tamil Nadu Diety Buddha Introduction The Perambalur Buddhas, also known as the Thiyaganur Buddha statues or Thiyaganur Buddha temple, are a set of historic Buddhist images found in Thiyaganur, a village in Salem district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Puranic Significance There are two 6-ft […]
Pillaipalayam Buddha, Ariyalur
Address Pillaipalayam Buddha Pillaipalayam, Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu. Diety Buddha Introduction In a remote village called Pillaipalayam, around 5km from Gangaikondacholapuram (Ariyalur district), is a lake known as Pandiyan lake.. Driving from Gangaikondacholapuram through the country roads in the midst of vast fields, we reached the lakeshore in the middle of nowhere. There, right below […]
Peruncheri Buddha Temple , Nagapattinam
Address Peruncheri Buddha Temple Peruncheri Rd, Mayiladuthurai Taluk, Nagapattinam district, Tamil Nadu 609404 Diety Buddha Introduction In the Mayiladuthurai Taluk of Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu, there is a remote village named Peruncheri to the South of Arivalur. An ancient Buddha Temple is hosted in an old shrine in this village. The statue is about 5’7” […]