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Main Shrine of Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery. The Dharmarajika Buddhist Monastery Complex, founded by Bishuddhananda Mahathera in 1960 on a land of 4.5 acres (1.8 ha). The temple, situated in Basabo and belonging to the order of the Mahasthabir Nikaya, serves as a focal point for Buddhist life and culture in Dhaka and Bangladesh.
Shalban Vihara: The centre piece of the Buddhist sites at Mainamati is the Shalban vihara, almost in the middle of the Mainamati-Lalmai hill range consists of 115 cells, built around a spacious courtyard with a cruciform temple in the centre, facing its only gateway complex to the north, resembling that of the Sompur Bihara.
Name Native Name Image Region Agrapuri Vihara: অগ্রপুরী বিহার Naogaon, Rajshahi Division: Bhitargarh Vihara: ভিতরগড় বিহার
A number of monasteries grew up during the Pāla period in ancient India in the eastern regions of the Indian subcontinent, comprising Bengal and Magadha.According to Tibetan sources, five great Mahaviharas (universities) stood out: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious; Somapura Mahavihara; Odantapurā; and Jaggadala. [2]
Śākyaśribhadra, a Kashmiri scholar who was an abbot of Nalanda Mahavihara and instrumental in transmitting Buddhism to Tibet, is said to have fled to Tibet in 1204 from Jagaddala when Muslim incursions seemed imminent. Historian Sukumar Dutt tentatively placed the final destruction of Jagaddala to 1207; in any case it seems to have been the ...
The excavation was financed by Bangladesh's Ministry of Cultural Affairs. On 23 March 2013, Director of the Archaeological Excavation and Research in Bikrampur region, declared the discovery of this 1000-year-old Buddhist Vihara. Over 100 precious idols and sculptures have been found till March, 2013.
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In Buddhism, refuge or taking refuge refers to a religious practice which often includes a prayer or recitation performed at the beginning of the day or of a practice session. Its object is typically the Three Jewels (also known as the Triple Gem or Three Refuges , Pali : ti-ratana or ratana-ttaya ; Sanskrit : tri-ratna or ratna-traya ), which ...