page_title: List of Buddhist temples
section_title: Orissa
hierarchical_section_title: List of Buddhist temples / India / Orissa
caption_attribution_description: ଓଡ଼ିଆ: ଓଡ଼ିଶାର ଭୁବନେଶ୍ଵର ଠାରେ ଥିବା ଧଉଳି ଶାନ୍ତିସ୍ତୁପ English: The Shanti Stupa or the peace pagoda on the Dhauli Giri hills, Bhubaneswar. Located 8 km away from Bhubaneswar and built through Indo-Japanese collaboration, the stupa looks down on the plains of river Daya that bore witness to the gruesome war waged on Kalinga by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great. It was here that Ashoka, full of remorse after the Kalinga War in 261 BC, renounced his blood-thirsty campaign and turned to Buddhism. His edicts at Dhauli are remarkably well preserved, despite the fact that they date back to the 3rd century BC.
context_page_description: This is a list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, stupas, and pagodas for which there are Wikipedia articles, sorted by location.
context_section_description: Brahmani temple
  Dhauli
  Lalitgiri
  Marichi temple
  Puspagiri Mahavihara
  Ratnagiri (Orissa)
  Udayagiri (Orissa)
  Udayagiri and Khandagiri Caves
caption: Dhauli, Orissa
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