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 Buddhist Monuments in Orissa range from rock edicts to elaborately carved and sculptured Buddhist monasteries. Orissa, under the reign of the reformed Emperor Ashok in around 260 BC, became a flourishing center for Buddhism. Tourism of Orissa offers tours to Buddhist Monuments in Orissa so that you can rediscover the history lessons amidst mesmerizing settings.
Dhauli, Orissa, is famous for its Buddhist Monuments. It also happens to be the place where the bloodiest of battles was fought and won by Emperor Ashok. It is also the moment that marked his transformation from an ambitious king of a prospering kingdom to a follower of Buddha and his teaching. The evidence of this transformation can be seen at Dhauli, 8 km from Bhubaneswar, in form of a rock edict marked by the image of an elephant sculpted from the overhanging rock. There are two such rock edicts still surviving in Orissa. The inscriptions are public injunctions where Emperor Ashok asks his administrators and the general public to live peacefully and fall the lessons that Buddhism has to offer.
The Peace Pagoda (Vishwa Shanti Stupa), built in 1972 Kalinga Nippon Buddha Sangha, is another popular tourist destination that you can visit on your tour of Buddhist destinations in Orissa. The small rock cut caves and medieval Hindu temples in Dhauli, Orissa, are other places that are worth seeing on your tour of Buddhist Monuments in Orissa.
Ratnagiri, Lalitgiri and Udayagiri are the three hill top complexes and seats of Buddhist monasteries and centers of learning that are a must visit on your tour of Buddhist monuments in Orissa.
Lalitgiri, Orissa, is the earliest Buddhist complex in Orissa built on a sandstone hill. It is a popular tourist destination and pilgrimage site for its enormous brick monasteries, the ruined Chaitya Hall, stone stupas and the museum that is home to statues of Buddha, scrolls and other Buddhist relics.
Ratnagiri, Orissa, is a must visit on your tour to Buddhist monuments in Orissa for its two spacious monasteries, a large Stupa, Buddhist shrines and intricately carved sculptures.
Tourism of Orissa also provides tours to Udayagiri Buddhist complex that sprawls from the foothill to the hilltop and is also famous for its Jain monuments. The monastery named Madhavapura Mahavihara is the central attraction of the largest Buddhist complex unearthed in Orissa. The brick stupa, two brick monasteries, a stepped well with inscriptions and rock cut sculptures make for an exciting and enlightening journey through Orissa is search of Buddhist Monuments with Tourism of Orissa tour packages.
The other Buddhist sites that you can visit on your tour to Buddhist monument in Orissa, with Tourism of Orissa, include Padmapur, Deogarh, Banpur and Biswanath Hill.
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