Dhauligiri
The Dhauligiri (8 kms from Bhubaneswar), on the bank of the Daya river, stands in mute testimony, to the epoch - making Kalinga war, fought in the 3rd century BC. It is a unassuming, quite and unadorned place, a shrine, With a temple on the top of a hill. Dhauligiri temple is a Buddha temple. The temple is made of white stone, circular with a very broad dome at the top. Facing the four directions are four Buddha statues - the ones in which he seems so serene and all knowing in his enlightenment. |