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Lalitgiri
Lalitgiri, India Phone: Not AvailableAbout
Lalitgiri is a Buddhist complex in Odisha comprising major stupas and monasteries ( viharas ), similar to Ratnagiri and, together with Ratnagiri and Udayagiri , part of Puspagiri University . A museum is to be built to display relic caskets thought to contain bones of Gautama Buddha, and other archaeological finds for public display. The site was extensively excavated by the A.S.I. from 1985-92. The remains of a huge stupa, and relic caskets consisting four containers made of khondalite, steatite, silver and gold were discovered along with other important structure and archaeological remains.
