Buddha Dhatu Jadi
The Buddha Dhatu Jadi is a Theravada
Buddhist temple also known as the Bandarban Golden Temple. The Buddha Dhatu Jadi is located at Pulpara 4 kilometer
from Balaghata town and 10 kilometer from in the remote Bandarban hill
district, in Bangladesh. The Bandarban Golden Temple is the largest Theravada
Buddhist Temple with the second largest Buddha statue in Bangladesh.
The Buddhist temple is known in local language as kyang. The
Buddha Dhatu Jadi is regarded as one of the holy site for Theravada Buddhism
followers and Buddhist pilgrims. This religion is practiced by the Marma or
Mogh tribal group of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a dominant ethnic group in
Bandarban. They are of Arakan descent and Buddhists by religion.
The
temple is situated in the hill town of Bandarban, which has two of the highest
peaks hills, the Tajingdong (4,000 feet or 1,200 meters) and the Keokaradong
(4,632 feet or 1,412 meters) covered with dense forests. Sangu river flows
through the town. There is a waterfall nearby. The temple is built on top of a
(200 feet or 60 meters) high hill. Construction of the temple started in 1995
and was complete in 2000.
Information
for The Visitor
The Buddha Dhatu Jadi temple attracts pilgrims and visitors in
all over the world. The Buddha Dhatu Jadi is a part of the Buddhist Circuit
Tour promoted by the South Asia Sub regional Economic Cooperation (SASEC)
Tourism Development Project.
There is small pond in the temple named “The Pond of Angels” on
the top of a hill. Traveler or tourist can see a total glance of Balaghata and
its surrounding natural beauties from here. Many festival is arranged here in
every year.
Visitors can hire a rickshaw or auto rickshaw from Bandarban
city. It is open from 5 PM to 7PM for the visitors and each visitor is charge
10 taka for entrance. A strict dress code of ‘no shorts and no shoes’ in temple
precincts is followed here.
More
info/Contact
For more information you can contact
with us via email: info@bandarbantours.com or phone. @ +8801197397788 (2pm-10pm).
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