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Dhauli, Bhubaneswar, Odisha · 20.1892°, 85.8440°
A white peace pagoda on Dhauli hill above the Daya river, built by the Japan Buddha Sangha and the Kalinga Nippon Buddha Sangha beside Ashoka's rock edicts, at a site long central to Odisha's Buddhist heritage.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The hill is widely believed to be where the Kalinga War was fought, the carnage that turned Ashoka to Buddhism.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern
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