Paharpur

Paharpur is a village in , of . It houses the remains of a huge Buddhist Vihar popularly known as the Paharpur Mahavihar. It is officially known as the Somapura Mahavihara. It is a UNESCO Heritage Site since 1985.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Buddhist Monastery
  • Also known as: “Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur” and “Somapura Mahavihara”

Paharpur

Latitude
25.0314° or 25° 1′ 53″ north
Longitude
88.9782° or 88° 58′ 41″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
24 metres (79 feet)
Open location code
7MQC2XJH+H7
Open­Street­Map ID
way 235843608
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7481843
Wiki­data ID
Q305044
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Paharpur” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سومابورا ماهافيهارا”
  • Assamese: “সোমপুৰ বা পাহাৰপুৰ মহাবিহাৰ”
  • Assamese: “সোমপুৰ মহাবিহাৰ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Basque: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Belarusian: “Пахарпурская віхара”
  • Bengali: “Pahārpur”
  • Bengali: “পাহাড়পুর বৌদ্ধ বিহার”
  • Bengali: “পাহাড়পুর বৌদ্ধবিহার”
  • Bengali: “সোমপুর বিহার”
  • Bengali: “সোমপুর মহাবিহার”
  • Bishnupriya: “পাহারপুর”
  • Bulgarian: “Сомапура Махавихара”
  • Burmese: “ဆိုမာပူရ မဟာဝိဟာရ”
  • Catalan: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Chinese: “索玛普利大寺”
  • Croatian: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Czech: “Sómapura Mahávihára”
  • Dutch: “Ruines van de boeddhistische Vihara bij Paharpur”
  • Dutch: “Ruïnes van de boeddhistische Vihara bij Paharpur”
  • Esperanto: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Finnish: “Paharpur”
  • French: “Ruines du Vihara bouddhique de Paharpur”
  • French: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Galician: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Georgian: “პაჰარპურეს ბიჰარა”
  • German: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Hebrew: “מקדש פאהארפור”
  • Hindi: “पहाडपुर”
  • Hindi: “सोमपुर महाविहार”
  • Indonesian: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Italian: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Japanese: “パハルプールの仏教寺院遺跡群”
  • Javanese: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Latvian: “Pāhārpura”
  • Lithuanian: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Maithili: “सोमपुरा महाविहार”
  • Malay: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Malayalam: “സോമപുര മഹാവിഹാരം”
  • Maltese: “Fdalijiet tal-Vihara Buddista f’Paharpur”
  • Mingrelian: “პაჰარპურეშ ბიჰარა”
  • Mongolian: “Сомапура Махавихара”
  • Nepali: “पहारपुरमा रहेका बौद्ध विहारका अवशेषहरू”
  • Nepali: “सोमपुर महाविहार”
  • Norwegian: “Somapura mahavihāra”
  • Persian: “نیایشگاه بودایی سمپور”
  • Portuguese: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Russian: “Вихара в Пахарпуре”
  • Santali: “ᱯᱟᱦᱟᱲᱯᱩᱨ ᱵᱳᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱵᱤᱦᱟᱨ”
  • Serbian: “Сомапура Махавихара”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Sinhala: “සෝමපුර මහා විහාරය”
  • Slovak: “Sómapura Mahávihára”
  • Spanish: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Swedish: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Tamil: “சோமபுரம் மகாவிகாரை”
  • Tatar: “Сомапура Махавира буддист кәшишханәсе”
  • Thai: “โสมปุระมหาวิหาร”
  • Turkish: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • Ukrainian: “Сомапура Махавіхара”
  • Urdu: “ساماپورہ مہاویہارا”
  • Urdu: “سومپور مہاوہار”
  • Vietnamese: “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • “Paharpur”
  • “Paharpur Vihara”
  • “Pāhārpura”
  • “Somapura Mahavihara”
  • “Somapura mahavihāra”
  • “Sómapura Mahávihára”

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