Shanti Stupa Dhauligiri. - BEST OF ODISHA

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Tuesday 18 July 2017

Shanti Stupa Dhauligiri.

Dhauligiri is a historically and important center of Buddhist activities near 8 km south of Bhubaneswar city, on the bank of river Daya. Shanti Stupa Of Dhauligiri has a major edicts of great Ashoka, Buddha statue, and an ancient Shiv temple.

Dhauli hill is  the area where the Kalinga War was fought.The Rock Edicts found here include Nos. I-X, XIV and two separate Kalinga Edicts. In Kalinga Edict VI, he expresses his concern for the "welfare of the whole world". The rock-cut elephant above the Edicts is the earliest Buddhist sculpture of Odisha. The stone elephant shows the animal's foreparts only, though it has a fine sense of form and movement.

The Dhauligiri hills also has an ancient Shiva temple which is the place for mass gathering during Shiva Ratri Celebrations.



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