Pushpagiri Mahavihara Temple

Pushpagiri , one of the earliest Buddhist viharas, was spread across Cuttack and Jajpur district, Odisha (ancient Kalinga) in the 3rd century CE flourished until the 11th century in India. Today, its ruins lie atop the Langudi hills, low hills about 90 km from the Mahanadi delta, in the Jajpur and Cuttack district in Odisha. The actual complex, spread across three hilltops, contained several stupas, monasteries, temples, and sculptures in the architectural style of the Gupta period. The Kelua River, a tributary of the Brahmani river of Odisha, which flows to the north east of Langudi hills, provided a picturesque background for the vihara. The entire vihara is distributed across three campuses on top of the three adjoining hills, Lalitgiri, Ratnagiri, and Udayagiri.