I am hereby redeeming a promise I had made to all my readers in one of my
previous posts,i.e. to write in detail about each of the Buddhist places in the 'Diamond Triangle' of Odisha. So here goes the first exclusive write-up on the exquisitely beautiful
Ratnagiri!
Being an esteemed part of
3rd International Buddhist Conference at Bhubaneswar has been a life-changing experience for me. The second day of Conference was a site-visit to the 'Diamond Triangle' of Odisha.
Ratnagiri was the
second destination in our Buddhist trail, after Lalitgiri.
Location: Ratnagiri is in Jajpur District, only about 100 km from Odisha's capital- the splendid
Temple City of Bhubaneswar. You can reach at
Biju Pattnaik International Airport or Bhubaneswar Railway Station, and head to Ratnagiri by extremely well-connected roads- can reach within 2 hours easily!
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| 2nd Bus carrying Delegates of Buddhist Conference to Ratnagiri. Buses were parked about 1.5 km away from main site, as road is narrow for big buses. Later mini bus of OTDC took us to the exact site of Ratnagiri! |
Literally meaning,
'Hill of Jewels' this site is lined with breathtakingly beautiful votive stupas and monasteries dating between 5th Century AD to 13th Century AD.
