Good place. Not much to explore. 100 -150 stairs till top.

There are lots of Buddhist heritage places within our state which we all are unaware of. So one day, by chance I get the information from Facebook and decided to pay a visit. Aragarh, also known as Airagarh, is situated north of the river Daya in Godiput-Matiapada panchayat under Delang block.It is a hill located 256 feet above sea level and stretches for over three km from east to west. The stairs up to the site are really hectic one. First straight and then in zig-zag type. On a sunny day you must have two liters of water with you otherwise it will really give you a dehydration. On its top(eastern side) there stands a two storied, flat roofed Buddhist Chaitya (temple). The backside of the Chaitya has been closed by a masorry wall, two sides fitted with grilled stoned windows measuring 21 X 20. The four pillars of Chaitya are carved with nagakanyas and gajasimha motifs. In the upper chamber, Buddhist icons were worshipped. The ground floor was for mendicants. They practised yoga and lived there.The Buddhist sites at Kurkimundia, Labanagiri, and Aragarh establish the trade links with South India,” said archaeologist Sunil Patnaik, who heads the OIMSEAS, adding, “Our research proves that the Daya [River] was used for trade in that era.” (Orissa Post).“The latest finding makes it clear that all the Buddhist settlement sites in India were established along the trade routes, like Sanchi, Barhut, Vaisali, and Pitalkhora,” said Patnaik. “Jaugada apart, [there was no evidence to indicate] trade links with the southern states like Andhra Pradesh.” (Orissa Post).Among the more significant finds of the OIMSEAS, the Buddhist site at Aragarh, also known as Airagarh, which contains a two-story flat-roofed Buddhist chaitya, or prayer hall, has been dated from the 1st–2nd century to the 10th or 11th century. Under Patnaik’s supervision, OIMSEAS archaeologists have also unearthed a number of Buddhist statues and carvings, including four unusual statues of the Buddha, each with three heads and eight arms holding vajra, or thunderbolts, a mythical weapon wielded by the Hindu deity Indra that also appears in many traditions of Buddhism.If you want to witness the beautifully crafted buddha idols, then do pay a visit to the near by village Haripur. There the idols have been worshipped by the villagers.

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