Address Anathapindika (Kachchi Kuti) Buddhist Stupa, Mahet Rd, Rajgarh Gulahriya Uttar Pradesh 271805 Diety Buddha Introduction At a distance of 3 km from Shravasti Bus Station, Anathapindika’s Stupa or Kachchi Kuti is an excavated monument located in the Mahet area of Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh. Situated near Angulimala Stupa, it is one of the significant […]
Category: Buddhist Monasteries
Jetavana Buddhist Monastery, Uttar Pradesh
Address Jetavana Buddhist Monastery, Gandhakuti, Jetavana, Katra, Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh 271805 Diety Gautama Buddha Introduction At a distance of 2 km from Shravasti Bus Station, Jetavana Monastery is an ancient Buddhist monastery located in Shravasti, Uttar Pradesh. Situated just outside the old city of Shravasti, it is one of the prominent Buddhist monasteries in India, […]
Chaukhandi Buddhist Stupa, Uttar Pradesh
Address Chaukhandi Stupa Rishpattan Rd, Near, Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh 221007 Diety Buddha Introduction Chaukhandi Stupa is a Buddhist stupa in Sarnath located 8 kilometres from Cantt Railway Station in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Stupas have evolved from burial mounds and serve as a shrine for a relic of the Buddha. The site was declared […]
Kesaria Buddhist Stupa, Bihar
Address Kesaria Buddhist Stupa, Kesariya Road, Tajpur Deur, Bihar 845424 Diety Buddha Introduction Kesariya Stupa is a Buddhist stupa in Kesariya, located at a distance of 110 kilometres (68 mi) from Patna, in the Champaran (east) district of Bihar, India. The first construction of the Stupa is dated to the 3rd century BCE. The world-famous […]
Kuruma Buddhist site, Odisha
Address Kuruma Buddhist site Kakatpur road, Jamatala Odisha 752111 Diety Buddha Introduction This site is located 8.6 kms to the south-east of the famous Sun Temple at Konark in the district of Puri, Odisha. Kuruma, an ancient Buddhist site, Balidokan, which is just 7.3 km on Konarka-Kakatpur road. From Balidokan square, just turn left to […]
Lalitagiri Buddhist Complex, Odisha
Address Lalitagiri Buddhist Complex Lalitagiri, Cuttack district Odisha 754206 Diety Buddha Introduction Laiitgiri is situated on the Birupa Gobari Chitrotpala(rivers) valley under the Mahanga Thana (P.S.) of Cuttack district Odisha and 40 kms away from the city of Cuttack. This place has been archaeologically attested to be one of the fore most and formidable Buddhist […]
Meguti Hill Buddhist Chaitya and Vihara, Karnataka
Address Meguti Hill Buddhist Chaitya and Vihara Lamp Aihole, Karnataka- 587124 Diety Buddha Introduction Overlooking the Aihole Valley, on the slope of Meguti Hill, is a modest Buddhist Temple (Chaitya and Vihara) from the 5th century CE. It is a two-storey structure. A beautiful carving of the Buddha is still present on the ceiling of […]
Bhattiprolu Buddhist Maha Stupa, Andhra Pradesh
Address Bhattiprolu Buddhist Maha Stupa Bhattiprolu, Andhra Pradesh 522256 Diety Buddha Introduction Bhattiprolu is a village in Guntur district of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is the headquarters of Bhattiprolu mandal in Tenali revenue division. The Buddhist stupa in the village is one of the centrally protected monuments of national importance. One of […]
Aduru Buddha Stupa, Andhra Pradesh
Address Aduru Buddha Stupa Mamidikuduru Road, Mamidikududru, Andhra Pradesh 533247 Diety Buddha Introduction Adurru is a village and a 2nd-century CE Buddhist archaeological site in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located in the Mamidikuduru Mandal, on the western bank of Vainateya, a distributary of the Godavari river, around 9.5 km […]
Nelakondapalli Buddha Stupa, Telangana
Address Nelakondapalli Buddha Stupa, Near Nelakondapally village mandal, Khammam district Telangana Diety Buddha Introduction Nelakondapally is a town and headquarters of a mandal in Khammam district, Telangana, India, located twenty-one kilometres from Khammam. Nelakondapalli is located at a major road junction on the routes from Khammam. Nelakondapalli is a historic site encompassed by a mud […]