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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