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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