Address Badalpur Buddhist stupa and monastery- Punj Katta Rd, Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Diety Buddha Introduction The Badalpur Buddhist site is situated about 9 km North West Taxila museum and 2 km North-West of Julian village. Alexander Cunningham, the then Director General of Archaeological Survey of India visited this important Buddhist monastery during 1863-64. Frontier […]
Category: Dilapidated Temples
Jamal Garhi Buddhist Monastery- Pakistan
Address Jamal Garhi Buddhist Monastery- Jamalgarhi, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Diety Buddha Introduction Jamal Garhi is a small town located 13 kilometers from Mardan at Katlang-Mardan road in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northern Pakistan. Jamal Garhi was a Buddhist monastery from the first until the fifth century AD at a time when Buddhism flourished in […]
Himmatnagar Khed-Roda Group of Temples, Gujarat
Address Himmatnagar Khed-Roda Group of Temples, Raisingpura, Himmatnagar Sabarkantha, Gujarat 383030 Diety Shiva, Vishnu Introduction Khed Roda is a Group of seven temples near Himmatnagar of Sabarkantha District. But locally it is said that there were more than 100 temples in this area. Most of them are completely vanished. These temples are built along the […]
Roda Shiva- I Temples- Gujarat
Address Roda Shiva- I Temples- Raisingpura, Gujarat 383030 Diety Shiva Introduction Khed Roda is a Group of seven temples near Himmatnagar of Sabarkantha District. It also includes a reservoir (Kund) and a stepwell. They are located between Raisingpura (Roda) and Khed Chandarani villages, 18 km from Himmatnagar in Sabarkantha district of Gujarat, India. It is […]
Amluk-Dara Buddhist stupa- Pakistan
Address Amluk-Dara Buddhist stupa- Barikot, Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Diety Buddha Introduction Amluk-Dara stupa is located in Swat valley of Pakistan. It is a part of Gandhara civilization at Amluk-Dara. The stupa is believed to have been built in the third century. The stupa was first discovered by a Hungarian-British archaeologist Sir Aurel Stein in […]
Gumbatona Buddhist Stupa- Pakistan
Address Gumbatona Buddhist Stupa- Gumbatona Swat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Diety Buddha Introduction The site of Gumbatuna (Gumbatuna is the form of Gumbat, the Pashto word for dome) is a Buddhist establishment situated on the right bank of the river Swat, 6km west of Barikot village along the metalled road leading towards Nimogram in a wide […]
Thul Mir Rukan Buddhist Stupa Pakistan
Address Thul Mir Rukan Buddhist Stupa Kazi Ahmed, Shaheed Benazirabad, Sindh, Pakistan Diety Buddha Introduction The Thul Mir Rukan is a Buddhist Stupa, is situated at a distance of 10 kilometers from Daulatpur Safan to the east-south. The road leads to the Thul Mir Rukun, Daulatpur District, Pakistan. Thul Rukhan has been declared as the […]
Multan Prahladpuri Temple – Pakistan
Address Multan Prahladpuri Temple – Suraj Kund Shershah Town, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan Diety Prahlada Introduction Prahladpuri Temple was a Narashima temple located in Multan city of Punjab province in Pakistan, adjacent to the Shrine of Bahauddin Zakariya. Named after Prahlada, it is dedicated to the deity Narasimha. The temple is presently in ruins, since its […]
Bhera Shiva Temple, Pakistan
Address Bhera Shiva Temple, Circular Rd, Bhera, Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan Diety Shiva Introduction This temple is situated at the Bhera Village, Sargodha District, Punjab, Pakistan. It was constructed more than 1000 years old shiva temple in Pakistan. The temple is completely destroyed by Mob. This temple is dedicated to Shiva, the Hindu god of […]
Magderu Shiva Temple- Gujarat
Address Magderu Shiva Temple- Dhrasan Vel Village, Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat 361335 Diety Shiva Introduction Magderu is an 8th-century temple of Maitraka period located near Dhrasanvel village in Okhamandal Taluka of Devbhoomi Dwarka district, Gujarat, India. The temple is located three miles northeast of Dwarka. The temple belongs to early Nagara style temples with single […]