Shalvan Vihara / Sri Bhavdev Mahavihara

       

District  :   Cumilla
Upazila  :   Sadar South

The location of this Vihara lies in the middle of the Lalmai hills, about six kilometers away from Comilla city. The Vihara is built almost square. Whose each arm is about 550 feet long. There were about 115 rooms for Buddhist monks in Vihara. These rooms, which were built for monks, were built in a square. For the monks, each of these rooms had a length of about 3.66 meters. The walls between the two rooms were about 1.5 meters wide. The name of the Shalvan vihara is called Shribhavdev Mahavihar. The vihara is known as Shalvan Vihara because of its large number of shal trees in the area. The arch monuments received from the vihara are estimated to be between 7th to 12th centuries. The existence of a central temple has been discovered in this Vihara. There is only one gateway on the north side of Vihara. Two rooms on both sides of this entrance are found. This room is thought to be used as two guard rooms. Among the important structures of the monastery, the cruciarcha temple is very interesting and beautiful. The temple is a remarkable marvelous monument in the Buddhist architecture of the eighth century AD. The basement wall of the temple is terracotta rich. In these terracotta, the views of the folk art of Bengal were well-illustrated.The monastery was found in the 6th century era. Of these, the existence of 4 construction era has been clearly evident. Apart from temples and monks, there is also the existence of stack, banquet, cooking room etc. in Vihara. Several copperplates, gold and silver coins, numerous terracotta plaques, terracotta seals, stones and bronze statues were found from this site. Most of them are currently in the Mainamati Archeology Museum.

        

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