Lalitgiri

Also known as Ruins of Buddhist temples and images

Lalitagiri () (also known as Nalitagiri) is a major Buddhist complex in the Cuttack district in the Indian state of Odisha. The complex is home to stupas, 'esoteric' Buddha images, and monasteries (viharas), which is the oldest site in the region. Significant finds at this complex include Buddha's relics. Tantric Buddhism was practiced at this site.

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Vinony's link graph records 107 inbound references to Lalitgiri, and connects out to Korean Buddhism, The Buddha and Mahāyāna.

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Vinony files it under 14th-century disestablishments in India, 3rd-century BC establishments in India and 6th-century Buddhist temples.

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Key facts

Religious building.name: Lalitagiri
Religious building.image: File:Mahastupha_at_Lalitgiri.jpg
Religious building.caption: Lalitagiri Mahastupa
Religious building.map_type: India
Religious building.location: India
Religious building.religious_affiliation: Buddhism
Religious building.region: Coastal
Religious building.state: Odisha
Religious building.functional_status: Preserved

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: vihara
Country: India
Located in: Cuttack district
Image: Lalitgiri Complete.jpg

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

Location
History
Archaeological finds
Museum
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

Together with the Ratnagiri and Udayagiri sites a short distance away, Lalitagiri is part of the "Diamond Triangle" of Buddhist sites. It used to be thought that one or all of these were the large Pushpagiri Vihara known from ancient records, but this has now convincingly located at a different site.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lalitgiri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.