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Buddhist caves exist in following places in Goa: [citation needed] Arambol (Harahara); Bandora (Bandivataka); Margao (Mathagrama); Rivona (Rishivana); Buddha images have been found in several places, and some temples, some are still in worship and are considered now as Hindu gods.
Bihar: The name of Bihar is derived from vihara, meaning monastery, such was the association of the area with Buddhism. In addition to these sites which were visited by the Buddha, other sites in India have become notable: Patna – Formerly known as Pataliputra, it was the seat of the Mauryan empire and a significant Buddhist centre
The Parinirvana Temple with the Parinirvana Stupa at Kushinagar, India where Buddha attained Parinirvana after his death This is a list of Buddhist temples , monasteries , stupas , and pagodas for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location.
The Kailasa temple (Cave 16) is the largest of the 34 Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain cave temples and monasteries known collectively as the Ellora Caves, ranging for over two kilometres (1.2 mi) along the sloping basalt cliff at the site. [5] Most of the excavation of the temple is generally attributed to the eighth century Rashtrakuta king Krishna ...
Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India; Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Nepal; Shikoku Pilgrimage, Eighty-eight Temples pilgrimage in the Shikoku island, Japan; Japan 100 Kannon Pilgrimage, pilgrimage circuit that is composed of three independent pilgrimages (Saigoku, BandÅ and Chichibu), consist of one hundred Temples. Parikrama; Yatra
Tabo Monastery (or Tabo Chos-Khor Monastery [1]) is located in the Tabo village of Spiti Valley, Himachal Pradesh, northern India.It was founded in 996 CE in the Tibetan year of the Fire Ape [2] by the Tibetan Buddhist lotsawa (translator) Rinchen Zangpo (Mahauru Ramabhadra), on behalf of the king of western Himalayan Kingdom of Guge, Yeshe-Ö. [2]
Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and temples in India (6 C, 55 P) Pages in category "Buddhist temples in India" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
North-East India, Bengal and Odisha, was the last stronghold of Buddhism in India, though greatly weakened by the Muslim invasions of the 12th century, which completely destroyed the greatest centre in the region at Nalanda. By the end of the 13th century, Ratnagiri was in decline, and new work ceases.