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Rajarkul, Ramu, Cox's Bazar District · 21.4022°, 92.1104°
A hilltop monastery near Ramu, held to be one of the stupas raised in Ashoka's reign and named from words meaning chest bone, for the relic of the Buddha it is said to enshrine. Lost for centuries, it was rediscovered after a stone inscription came to light and was restored in 1919 by the Sri Lankan monk Jagat Jyoti Mahasthavir.
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.
Tradition holds that the Buddha came here with Ananda and foretold that a pagoda would one day stand on the spot to hold a relic from his chest.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Maurya
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