A new monastery, described as south Asia's biggest, was inaugurated by the Buddhist spiritual leader Dalai Lama at a Tibetan settlement at Chandragiri in Orissa's Gajapati district here.
built at a cost of Rs eight crore.
spread over an area of 10 acres and constructed in the Atanpuri style of architecture of Nalanda.
named after Acharya Padmasambhav who was born in Orissa and believed to have spread Buddhism to Tibet in the 7th century, is an architectural marvel and a dream project of Tibetans in exile settled in Orissa.
Architects from Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan besides local masons took over six years to build it.
The monastery is likely to act as a link between Orissa's history and the Buddhist tradition.
During the 7th and 10th centuries, Orissa was considered the cradle of Vajrayana Buddhism or Tantrik Buddhism, known as Tantrayana.
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