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Lamarpara Khyang is located on the bank of the Bakkhali River that flows past the Fatekharkul union of Ramu Pourasova, 1 km. south of Ramu Chowmohony Bus-station. The Lamarpara Kyang was built in the first decade of the 19th century by Mr. Thu Aung Gyaw Chowdhury, one of the celebrities of Ramu. The brass image of the Lord Buddha set up on a marble pedestal inside the temple is the second biggest of its king in Bangladesh, the image of the Lord Buddha unearthed in the palace of Bhoj Raja in Comilla being the biggest one.
The artistry of all the structures of the temple complex made of Burma-teak is likely to elate one with wonder. Almost all the Kyangs are of the same pattern and house hundreds of big and small images of the Buddha. There are about twenty three such Khyangs in Ramu only. Except Kutubdia, there are such Kyangs in all other thanas of the district. The Bara Khyang or the big Khyang of Haitopi deserves special mention.
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লামাপাড়া খিয়াং কক্সবাজার জেলার রামু পৌরসভার অধীনে ফতেখারকুল ইউনিয়নে রামু চৌমুহনী বাসস্ট্যান্ডের ১ কিলোমিটার দক্ষিনে বাকখালী নদীর তীরে অবস্থিত। ১৯ শতকের প্রথম দশকে রামুর প্রখ্যাত ব্যাক্তিত্ব জনাব থু অং গিয়াও চৌধুরী এই খিয়াংটি নির্মাণ করেন। এখানেই বাংলাদেশের দ্বিতীয় বৃহৎ পিতল নির্মিত বুদ্ধ মূর্তিটি একটি মার্বেলের মঞ্চের উপর স্থাপন করা হয়েছে। বার্মা টিকে তৈরি এই খিয়াংটির স্থাপত্যশৈলী আপনাকে মুগ্ধ করবে। কুতুবদিয়া ব্যাতিত কক্সবাজার জেলার প্রায় সব থানাতেই এমন খিয়াং চোখে পরবে। শুধু রামুতেই এরকম প্রায় ২৩টি খিয়াং রয়েছে তবে এসকল খিয়াং এর মধ্যে হাইতোপিতে অবস্থিত বিশাল খিয়াংটি বিশেষভাবে উল্ল্যেখযোগ্য।
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Jagadbandhu Sree Angan or Sreedham Sree Angan was established by the "Jagadbandhu Shundar" during the "Roth Jatra" festival of "Ashar 1306" of Bengali calendar. The land for the Angan was donated by "Sreeram Sundar" and "Sreeram Kumarmudi". Everyday lots of "bhokto"(devotee) used to visit the place. For them, the Angan has a facility for providing accommodations. It has around 30 rooms that can take 150 devotee. This Angan is a specious area, and there are several prayer hall around it. If you enter the prayer halls, you have to take your shoes off.
Most interesting thing about the Angan premise is, that it was the "Nouka Mandir". Inside the Mandir, a boat is placed. The founder, Jagadbandhu used to go for a jaunt at river Padma with His devotees, and returned during the last part of the night. This is the reason for such name. Beside the Nouka Mandir, there is a "Roth" placed inside a building. The Roth was completely made from wood. This is not looked like a giant one, only a medium one. During the "Roth jatra" at Ashar of Bengali Almanac, this is used to exhibit for the people. This place is calm and relent place, no chaos from the outside life. If you pass some time inside the premise, it will simply please your mind.
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বাংলা ১৩০৬ সালের আষাঢ় মাসে রথযাত্রা উৎসবের সময় জগদবন্ধু সুন্দর এই অঙ্গনটি প্রতিষ্ঠা করেন। শ্রীরাম সুন্দর এবং শ্রীরাম কুমারমুদি অঙ্গনের জন্য জমি দান করেন। প্রতিদিন প্রচুর ভক্ত (পুন্যারথী) এখানে আসেন যাদের জন্য অঙ্গনে থাকার ব্যবস্থা রয়েছে। অঙ্গনের ৩০টি কক্ষে প্রায় ১৫০ জন ভক্ত থাকতে পারেন। এই অঙ্গনে প্রার্থনার জন্য বেশকিছু কক্ষ রয়েছে যেখানে আপনাকে খালি পায়ে প্রবেশ করতে হবে। অঙ্গনের অভ্যন্তরে একটি নৌকা মন্দির রয়েছে। এই মন্দিরের অভ্যন্তরে একটি নৌকা রাখা আছে। অঙ্গনের প্রতিষ্ঠাতা জগদবন্ধু ভক্তদের নিয়ে পদ্মা নদীতে প্রমোদবিহারে যেতেন এবং রাতের শেষভাগে ফিরে আসতেন। এই কারনেই নৌকা মন্দিরের এমন নামকরণ করা হয়েছে। নৌকা মন্দির ছাড়াও অঙ্গনে সম্পূর্ণ কাঠের তৈরি মাঝারি আকারের একটি রথ রাখা আছে। বাংলা আষাঢ় মাসে রথ যাত্রার সময় এই রথটি প্রদর্শন করা হয়। অঙ্গনের কোলাহলমুক্ত শান্ত পরিবেশে কিছু সময় কাটালে আপনি মানসিক প্রশান্তি অর্জন করবেন।
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Paharpur Buddhist Monastery, also known as Somopura Mahavihara is one of the most important ancient sites in our country. It was declared as a World Heritage site in 1985. There were monasteries which were built in Pala period in Bengal and in Magadha. Dharampala Vikramsila was the pioneer in building this monastery. He was the king of Varendi Magadha. It is a large square rectangle which is approximately 920 feet. The entrance is from the north side. The outer walls of monastery point towards the sanctuary area which is designed with rows of walls. The total number of cells are 177. The central sanctuary has a solid ground plan which ascents in 3 terraces above ground level to a peak of 70 feet.
Somapura Mahavihara (Bengali: সোমপুর মহাবিহার Shompur Môhabihar) in Paharpur, Badalgachhi Upazila, Naogaon District,Bangladesh (25°1'51.83"N, 88°58'37.15"E) is among the best known Buddhist viharas in the Indian Subcontinent and is one of the most important archeological sites in the country. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1985.
A number of monasteries grew up during the Pāla period in ancient Bengal and Magadha. According to Tibetan sources, five great Mahaviharas stood out: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious; Somapura Mahavihara; Odantapurā; and Jaggadala. The monasteries formed a network; "all of them were under state supervision" and there existed "a system of co-ordination among them ... it seems from the evidence that the different seats of Buddhist learning that functioned in eastern India under the Pāla were regarded together as forming a network, an interlinked group of institutions," and it was common for great scholars to move easily from position to position among them.
The excavation at Paharpur, and the finding of seals bearing the inscription Shri-Somapure-Shri-Dharmapaladeva-Mahavihariyarya-bhiksu-sangghasya, has identified the Somapura Mahavihara as built by the second Pala king Dharmapala (circa 781–821) of Pāla Dynasty. Tibetan sources, including Tibetan translations of Dharma Kayavidhi and Madhyamaka Ratnapradipa, Taranatha's history and Pag-Sam-Jon-Zang, mention that Dharmapala's successor Devapala (circa 810–850) built it after his conquest of Varendra. The Paharpur pillar inscription bears the mention of 5th regnal year of Devapala's successor Mahendrapala (circa 850–854) along with the name of Bhiksu Ajayagarbha. Taranatha's Pag Sam Jon Zang records that the monastery was repaired during the reign of Mahipala (circa 995–1043 AD).
The Nalanda inscription of Vipulashrimitra records that the monastery was destroyed by fire, which also killed Vipulashrimitra's ancestor Karunashrimitra, during a conquest by the Vanga army in the 11th century, assumed to be an army of the Varman rulers. About a century later Vipulashrimitra renovated the vihara and added a temple of Tara.
Over time Atish's spiritual preceptor, Ratnakara Shanti, served as a sthavira of the vihara, Mahapanditacharya Bodhibhadra served as a resident monk, and other scholars spent part of their lives at the monastery, including Kalamahapada, Viryendra and Karunashrimitra. Many Tibetan monks visited the Somapura between the 9th and 12th centuries.
During the rule of the Sena dynasty, known as Karnatadeshatagata Brahmaksatriya, in the second half of the 12th century the vihara started to decline for the last time. One scholar writes, "The ruins of the temple and monasteries at Pāhāpur do not bear any evident marks of large-scale destruction. The downfall of the establishment, by desertion or destruction, must have been sometime in the midst of the widespread unrest and displacement of population consequent on the Muslim invasion.
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পাহাড়পুর বৌদ্ধ বিহার বা সোমপুর মহাবিহার আমাদের দেশের অন্যতম গুরুত্বপূর্ণ প্রাচীন নিদর্শন যেটিকে ১৯৮৫ সালে বিশ্ব ঐতিহ্য হিসেবে ঘোষণা করা হয়। এখানে ছিল বাংলা এবং মাগাধায় পাল আমলে নির্মিত বৌদ্ধবিহার। বরেন্দি মাগাধার রাজা বিক্রমশিলা এই বৌদ্ধবিহার নির্মাণে অগ্রণী ভুমিকা পালন করেন। এটি একটি ৯২০ ফিট দীর্ঘ বিশাল চারকোণা স্থাপনা যেখানে মোট ১৭৭ টি কক্ষ আছে এবং যেখানে প্রবেশের পথ উত্তর দিকে অবস্থিত। বৌদ্ধ বিহার থেকে পুণ্যস্থান পর্যন্ত পথে দেয়ালের সারি আছে এবং মাঝের পুণ্যস্থানটি ৩ টি স্তরে মাটি থেকে ৭০ ফুট উচ্চতায় অবস্থিত।
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[post_content] => Bikrompur Bouddha Bihar(বিক্রমপুর বৌদ্ধ বিহার) is one of the most ancient Buddhist Bihar (Approximately 1000 years old), buried under soil at Rampal union parishad of Raghurampur Village in Munshiganj District. It is assumed that this Bihar was built in late 8th-9th century AD. It was revealed by conducting excavation very recent years. Bihar is a place being used as a Residential Higher Education Center.
How it was discovered: Researchers said, from the very beginning they had conducted nine test excavations at Rampal & Bojrojogini Union Parishad, where they found the evidences of pre-medieval human settlement. At the 9th grid they discovered the existence of a brick wall. Depending on that evidence Archaeologist dug a trench measuring 80×60m. Later they discovered this Buddhist Bihar.
What can be seen there: In the south-east corner of that structure there are two diagonal brick walls. One is extended from south to north and another one is extended from east to west. Likewise, the other Buddhist Bihar structure the chamber for Buddhist Monk was built beside main brick wall. In the northern side there are five chambers have been revealed. Near to the western there is a another chamber. Dimension of those chambers are nearly three square meter. The side wall dividing the chambers is also being discovered.
Observing the architectural strategy and characteristics, researchers had confirmed this feature as a Buddhist Bihar. Similarity had been found in architectural property and design with the Shompur Bihar (Naogaon), Mahasthangarh (Bogra), Shalbon Bihar ( Comilla) and even with Nalonda Bihar of Patna (India). A pancha-stupa (Five stupa) structure is also been discovered at the middle of that Bihar.
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