Place · multi-faith temple enclosure · India
Itkhori
Also known as Itkhori, Bhadrakali Itkhori, Chatra
A single enclosure at Itkhori in Chatra district holding a Bhadrakali temple, a Buddhist stupa faced with a thousand and four small carved Buddha figures, and Jain sculpture including a Parshvanatha — three traditions' remains within a few metres of each other, with material running from about the ninth century.
- Function
- Religious institution & practice
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 24.150, 85.210
Worth knowing
Local tradition attaches the name to Mahavira's mother and, separately, to the Buddha's aunt, which is the usual sign of a site that several traditions have each explained in their own terms. The thousand-Buddha stupa is unusual in eastern India, and the whole complex sits on the old route between the Ganges plain and the plateau.
Connections (1)
- AnalogueRājagriha / Rajgir
Itkhori holds a Bhadrakali temple, a thousand-Buddha stupa and Jain sculpture in one enclosure; Rajgir holds the Vulture's Peak, a Jain temple landscape on five hills and a Hindu hot-spring tirtha. Both are on the road between the Gangetic plain and the plateau, and both are places where three traditions settled on one site rather than replacing each other.
On these journeys
Sources
Wikipedia, “Itkhori”. Archaeological Survey of India, Ranchi circle records; Bihar and Orissa District Gazetteer, Hazaribagh.
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