Boxanagar Buddhist Stupa

It's a historical place in tripura, located in boxanagar. 1 km north of boxanagar market.

Very good place for visit,,,entry time 11am to 5pm only

It was a good weekend visit, just about an hour away from Agartala. The place is well maintained and got lovely views. We also saw a beautiful sunset.

Boxanagar is an ancient Buddhist archaeological site. This is only an hour and a half's drive from Agartala. The site contains a stupa and the remains of a few more meditation centres.
This is one of Tripura's most ancient archaeological sites.
This site is testimony to the Buddhist heritage of large swathes of ancient Bengal. Together with Mainamati, Paharpur, etc. Boxanagar provides a continuum of Buddhist archaeological sites.
The site is well maintained and is a fine place to spend a few hours for a weekend outing.

Lack of direction, bad approach road and almost non existent info about the place can be a spoiler. The only saving grace is the beauty of the ruins standing amidst a populated hamlet.

Nice & quite place...many people are unaware of this place... can be a good tourist attraction

Place to boost up your knowledge of history and the surroundings while visiting. Also a nearby town to Bangladesh border.

Place has History more than 500 years but due to lack of govt. Support couldn't more dig into the history. There still have more evidence under the soil but govt. Failed here to elaborate all those. Local Muslims claming there had maszid under this Buddha Monument, which is totally boguz! You can see there a cement board of Muslim masjid which recently build to create flame between 2 communities. It's a Buddhist place so must care taker should belong to Buddhist only but there is Muslim care taker, must say brainless Govt.

Really a mesmerizing place to visit in Tripura..

A mesmerizing place,,,around1500 yrs old Buddhist stupa .i can only say there is no better designer than nature😊

Beautiful place to peep into the history of Buddhist connection with the state. However preferred to visit with clear sky sunny days. Security person deputed is rude and need to be fired.

Awesome place to visit. Had a great time there

Peaceful area, historical monuments, no entry fee

It is one of the best places to visit. It tells us about the Buddhist ancient Temple. It opens at 10 am and closes at 4 pm. There is no wheelchair for the sick and disable. It has no parking space. Many devout Buddhists still come here to pray. Many tourist come here to enjoy the ancient structure. There is a Museum beside it. There is a mosque beside it. There is enough security for everyone.

Thailand Tourist visited Boxnagar Buddhist site

It is really a nice place along with Historical networks in the era of Buddhism in Asia.
It is a part of History when Buddhism spread in India . It lies in the border of India-Bangladesh and even you can hear the sound of train of Bangladesh easily. My request for a better look after for this Historical monuments.

Presents you with a calm environment, a good escape from the city into nature with ancient relics.

A beautiful place to visit. Wonderful views and so close to nature and gives a very calm and peace environment.🎇

Boxanagar is a village located 44km from Agartala, Tripura. Originally a plan to build a house over the place by some local, the discovery of a Buddhist Stupa gave a new importance to it and became of site of excavation which went from 2001-2004 . The massive red brick structure holds a great archaelogical importance to the state and can be dated back to 6th century when Buddhism might have sprang to life in the area.

And so the plans were made for our little expedition, honestly with low expectations (but greeted with more than we hoped) and on 24th June, 2016, me and my friend, Kuntal set off at 9.30am. We took the local bus, actually running behind it and catching it just in time as we were late. Luckily enough we still got seats. And so after an hour and half of vehicular journey we finally reached the Boxanagar bazar.

We took an autorickshaw from there (which was a loss for low budget travelers like us but more on it later). The driver did not recognize the place by buddhist stupa but rather by Rajbari.

The site doesn’t have signboards with proper descriptions installed for tourists who are also interested in the history and not in just the scenic beauty, having only a signboard stating that the place is of archaelogical importance and no more than that. This lead to the local rumours that this place belongs to a businessman years ago namely Chaand-Saudagar. Hope the govt. looks after it.

History
The emergence of massive Buddhist stupa, chaityagriha, a monastery and other associated burnt brick structures at Boxanagar have reflected an ancient art, architecture & religious aspects of ancient Tripura hitherto unknown.
The brick built stupa exposed through archaeological excavation during the years 2001-02 to 2003-04 is square in plan having a dimension of 15.40x15.40m. The basement of the stupa is arranged in eight mouldings in diminishing order over which the tapering medhi is set with mud mortar and burnt bricks of different sizes.

The ruin of the chaityagriha has been exposed on the eastern side of the stupa which is rectangular on plan and is aligned in east-west direction. The superstructure of the chaityagriha is completely damaged except the side walls which is survived upto 1.60m.
The brick-built monastery is having a long corridor between rows of five cells on each side.

The excavation of another mound lying in front of these structures in the year 2009-10 has revealed a fully burnt-brick structure with triratha projections having a square sacred chamber which appears to contain the extant remains of three spokes. These spokes are found radiating out from a semi-circular structure located in the eastern side of the sacred chamber. In front of this structure there is a rectangular hall enclosed by a wall all around. A brick rammed floor is provided inside this hall probably for facilitating the congregation of devotees. A wide pradakshinapatha is also provided around these structures.

Notable antiquities found from the excavation of Boxanagar include three bronze images of Buddha, moulded bricks, miniature votive stupas, sealings, silver coins etc. The available archaeological evidences suggest that the Buddhist establishment at Boxanagar might have sprang up during c.8th century A.D. or later and continued till 12th century A.D. and during this period this Buddhist center might have played a significant role in spreading the Buddhist religion. It is also noteworthy to mention here that several Buddhist establishments had sprang up contemporary to Boxanagar in this region and in the adjoining areas like Shyam Sundar Tilla in South Tripura District, ‘Somapura’ of Paharpur in Rajashahi District and Mainamati in Comilla District of Bangladesh.

Awesome place, I have visited once to shoot a video for my YouTube Channel "SD Motorider". Complete video is available in my YouTube Channel "SD Motorider"