Buddha Dhatu Jadi At Bandarband, Bangladesh
Buddha Dhatu
Jadi
Bandarban Golden Temple
About
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.
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