Kesaria
Kesaria, also known as Kesariya is a town in the district of East Champaran, in the Indian state of Bihar. It is the site of a stupa built by the Mauryan king Ashoka.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Town with 1,000 residents
- Description: Buddhist pilgrimage and archaeological site of ancient Mandala Stupa originally built by Emperor Ashoka in East Champaran District, Bihar, India.
- Also known as: “Kesaputra”, “Kesaputta”, “Kesariya”, “Kesriah”, and “Kessaputtiya”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Kesaria Stupa.
Kesaria Stupa
Buddhist temple
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Kesariya stupa is a Buddhist stupa in Kesariya, located at a distance of 110 kilometres from Patna, in the East Champaran district of Bihar, India. Construction of the stupa at this site began in the 3rd century BCE. Kesaria Stupa is situated 2½ km southwest of Kesaria.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sahebganj.
Sahebganj
Village
Sahebganj is one of the administrative divisions of Muzaffarpur district in the Indian state of Bihar. It belongs to Tirhut Division. It is located 11 km Kilometres Southwest of Mehsi. Sahebganj is situated 8 km southeast of Kesaria.
Kesaria
- Categories: pilgrimage, stupa, Buddhism, and locality
- Location: Kesaria, Purba Champaran District, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.35218° or 26° 21′ 8″ northLongitude
84.8707° or 84° 52′ 15″ eastPopulation
1,000Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)Open location code
7MR69V2C+V7OpenStreetMap ID
node 245747335OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
1267231Wikidata ID
Q3630833
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Urdu—“Kesaria” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Kesaria”
- Bhojpuri: “केसरिया”
- Catalan: “Kesaria”
- Catalan: “Kesria”
- Chinese: “Keśapuṭṭā/କେଶପୁଟ୍ଟା”
- Chinese: “Kesaputta”
- Chinese: “Kesaputtiyā”
- Chinese: “Kesariyā”
- Chinese: “羇舍子”
- Chinese: “羇舍子村”
- Chinese: “羈捨”
- Chinese: “羈舍”
- Dutch: “Kesaria”
- Hausa: “Kesaria”
- Hindi: “केसरिया”
- Indonesian: “Kesaria”
- Kashmiri: “کیسریہ”
- Oriya: “କେସାରିଆ”
- Panjabi: “ਕੇਸਰੀਆ”
- Persian: “کساریا”
- Tamil: “கேசரியா”
- Urdu: “کیسریہ”
- “केसरिया, बिहार”
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