Ghosrawan: Where there
is a huge statue of the
Buddha
This village is on the
site of what was once
a very large and important
Buddhist monastery, probably
the Kapotaka Vihara visited
by Hiuen Tsiang. Just
outside the village and
besides the lake is a
fine Buddha statue nearly
10 feet high calved out
of shiny black stone.
The temple in the village
of Tetrawan, a few kilometres
to the south contains
an astonishing collection
of beautifully calved
Buddhas and bodhisattvas.
To get to Ghosrawan go
south from Rajgir to the
Hisua and then turn left
to Nawada where there
is a rundown museum with
a small collection of
Buddha statues found in
the area. It is open from
10 am to 5 pm and closed
on Monday. From there
head north to Pawapuri,
the birth place of Mahavira,
known in the Tipitaka
as Nigantha Nataputta,
where there is a beautiful
temple in the middle of
a lotus lake. If you need
accommodation you can
stay in the Jain pilgrims'
rest. At Pawapuri ask
for directions to Ghosrawan.
It is about 5 kilometres
away over very bad roads.
Buddhist
Tour Packages
Buddhist
Sites in India
Buddhist
Destinations
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Destinations in India |
| Delhi,
Agra,
Varanasi
& Sarnath, Sankasia,
Bodhgaya,
Nalanda,
Rajgir,
Kushinagar,
Lumbini,
Ajanta
and Ellora, Sanchi,
Sravasti
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