Paharpur
Paharpur is a village in Naogaon District, Rajshahi Division of Bangladesh. 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.
- Tourist attraction
- …has about 1,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 20 metres (80 feet)
- Description: Buddhist Monastery
- Also known as“Ruins of the Buddhist Vihara at Paharpur”“Somapura Mahavihara”
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Latitude
25.0314° or 25° 1′ 53″ north
Longitude
88.9782° or 88° 58′ 41″ east
Open location code
7MQC2XJH+H7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=yes
OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Paharpur” goes by many names.
سومابورا ماهافيهاراArabic
সোমপুৰ বা পাহাৰপুৰ মহাবিহাৰAssamese
সোমপুৰ মহাবিহাৰAssamese
Somapura MahaviharaAzerbaijani
Somapura MahaviharaBasque
Пахарпурская віхараBelarusian
PahārpurBengali
পাহাড়পুর বৌদ্ধ বিহারBengali
সোমপুর বিহারBengali
সোমপুর মহাবিহারBengali
পাহারপুরBishnupriya
Сомапура МахавихараBulgarian
ဆိုမာပူရ မဟာဝိဟာရBurmese
Somapura MahaviharaCatalan
索玛普利大寺Chinese
Somapura MahaviharaCroatian
Sómapura MaháviháraCzech
Ruïnes van de boeddhistische Vihara bij PaharpurDutch
Somapura MahaviharaEsperanto
PaharpurFinnish
Somapura MahaviharaGalician
პაჰარპურეს ბიჰარაGeorgian
מקדש פאהארפורHebrew
पहाडपुरHindi
सोमपुर महाविहारHindi
Somapura MahaviharaIndonesian
Somapura MahaviharaItalian
パハルプールの仏教寺院遺跡群Japanese
Somapura MahaviharaJavanese
소마푸라 마하비하라Korean
PāhārpuraLatvian
Somapura MahaviharaLithuanian
सोमपुरा महाविहारMaithili
Somapura MahaviharaMalay
സോമപുര മഹാവിഹാരംMalayalam
Fdalijiet tal-Vihara Buddista f’PaharpurMaltese
პაჰარპურეშ ბიჰარაMingrelian
Сомапура МахавихараMongolian
पहारपुरमा रहेका बौद्ध विहारका अवशेषहरूNepali
सोमपुर महाविहारNepali
Somapura mahavihāraNorwegian
نیایشگاه بودایی سمپورPersian
Вихара в ПахарпуреRussian
ᱯᱟᱦᱟᱲᱯᱩᱨ ᱵᱳᱫᱫᱷᱚ ᱵᱤᱦᱟᱨSantali
Сомапура МахавихараSerbian
Somapura MahaviharaSerbo-Croatian
සෝමපුර මහා විහාරයSinhala
Sómapura MaháviháraSlovak
Somapura MahaviharaSwedish
சோமபுரம் மகாவிகாரைTamil
Сомапура Махавира буддист кәшишханәсеTatar
సోమపుర మహావిహారంTelugu
โสมปุระมหาวิหารThai
Somapura MahaviharaTurkish
Сомапура МахавіхараUkrainian
ساماپورہ مہاویہاراUrdu
سومپور مہاوہارUrdu
Somapura MahaviharaVietnamese
Paharpur Vihara
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