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.- Type: Village 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
Kesariya Stupa is a Buddhist stupa in Kesariya, near the town of Mehsi, located at a distance of 110 kilometres from Patna, in the East Champaran district of Bihar, India. 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. Sahebganj is situated 8 km southeast of Kesaria.
Kesaria
- Categories: town, pilgrimage, stupa, Buddhism, and locality
- Location: Kesaria, Purbi Champaran, Bihar, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
26.35218° or 26° 21′ 8″ north
Longitude
84.8707° or 84° 52′ 15″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
68 metres (223 feet)
Open location code
7MR69V2C+V7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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”
- Japanese: “ケサプッタ”
- Japanese: “ケサプトラ”
- Japanese: “ケサリア”
- Japanese: “ケサリヤ”
- Japanese: “ケッサプッティヤ”
- Kashmiri: “کیسریہ”
- Oriya: “କେସାରିଆ”
- Panjabi: “ਕੇਸਰੀਆ”
- Persian: “کساریا”
- Tamil: “கேசரியா”
- Urdu: “کیسریہ”
- “केसरिया, बिहार”
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