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The Open Circle

Address: Windsong Dojo Innerspace 2201 W I-44 Service Rd.   Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: 405-478-8407
Fax: 405-478-8407
E-mail: arprob@flash.net
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Teacher: Arpita Brown  
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Meets each Tuesday evening at 7:15, The Open Circle includes sitting and walking meditation and an informal discussion on Dharma. A study group is held once per month focusing on an aspect of Buddhadharma.

Arpita Brown has been  practicing Vipassana meditation since 1983 and has completed the Community Dharma leaders program at Spirit Rock in 2003. She is currently  Vice president of The Saranaloka Foundation. www.saranaloka.org. an organization working for the establishment of a female monastic training center in America and facilitating the teaching in America  of the nuns from Amaravati Monastery in England.  

The Ultimate Truth Preaching Mission

Address: Shanti Niketan Bouddha Vihara, Tuichawng, Dist: Lunglei, Mizoram, India.   Lunglei Mizoram 796730
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Regd. No. SR/MZ-86 of 29.03.200.
Phone: 9612602899
E-mail: esdip@hotmail.com
Website: http://www.tutpm.org
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Teacher: Sudip Chakma  
Main Contact: Sudip Chakma  Email  (Phone: 9612602899)
Spiritual Director: RAJESH KUMAR CHAKMA  Email  (Phone: 9863873175)
Notes and Events:

Most of the villagers are CHAKMA in tribe and BUDDHIST by religion. About 400 families live at Tuichawng and surrounding villages. The total population is around 2800 who live on shifting cultivation. Due to inavailability of fertile land in the locality, they can not produce enough crops for their livelihood. So, they live a miserable life just hand to mouth. Being poor, our people can not contribute fund to develop the Buddhist monastery. During last twenty five years, it was anyhow constructed with sown timber structure with GCI sheet roofing in 1996. Now it has become very old. The villagers are trying to re-build it with concrete structure. An small amount has already been gathered which is not enough. It has become very difficult to gather more fund.

Beside this, Our organization has started a mission school names as AHIMSA SCHOOL for the needy and privileged children. We also appeal all to extend your helping hands by giving us support to provide education to our unfortunate children. We primarily needs teacher’s salary and building grants.

Therefore on behalf of the Buddhist people of this locality, do appeal your organization to look into the matter sympathetically and come forward to provide us financial assistance for the further development and construction of the Buddhist Monastery mentioned above. For the act of which your kindness, we shall remain ever grateful.

The Way of Silent Mind-Open Heart

Address: 200 E. Parkway Dr.  Columbia MO 65203
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: 573-874-0881
E-mail: phil@silentmindopenheart.org
Website: http://silentmindopenheart.org
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Teacher: Philip Jones  

Thekchen Choling

Address: 2 Beatty Lane Singapore 209945   209945
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: +6564663720
Fax: +6564656736
E-mail: contactus@thekchencholing.org
Website: https://www.thekchencholing.org/
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Spiritual Director: Singha Rinpoche  Email  (Phone: +6564663720)
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Thekchen Choling is a registered Buddhist organisation in the Republic of Singapore. The organisation was started in 2001 by Singha Thekchen Rinpoche and a group of his initial disciples. The organisation promotes non-sectarian Buddhism, emphasizing understanding of Theravada and Mahayana teachings.

TCCL is committed to the Rime (non-sectarian) movement within Tibetan Buddhism though it is of the Gelug tradition. The primary practices and teachings of this temple are from Guru Rinpoche lineage and Lama Tsongkapa lineage.

Theravada Buddhist Centre

Address: Loresho Ridge Road, Loresho P.O. Box 69563 Nairobi Kenya  
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: 254-20-4183409
Website: http://nairobibuddhisttemple.org/
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Main Contact: Ven. Vicitta Sara  
Spiritual Director: Bhante Wimala  
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Since 1999 Bhante Wimala has been the head monk of the Theravada Buddhist Center in Nairobi, Kenya. The Center is located in a beautiful suburb of Nairobi called Loresho, just a few miles away from the city center. The center was built by the George Phylnormel Foundation in memory of Mr. George and Mrs. Norma Perera. The premises consist of a residence for monks, a Meditation hall and a traditional Stupa. The center is open everyday from 8am to 8pm. People of all faiths are welcome to use the facility as a sanctuary for peace and quiet. Ongoing programs include: Meditation sessions every Sunday at 4pm and Wednesday at 9am. There is an Introduction to Meditation class every Sunday at 3pm. There are two weekly Dhamma Study Groups on Wednesday at 2:30 and 7:30pm as well as Monthly Full Moon Services at 7:30pm. A well stocked library is also open every day

Bhante Wimala travels to Nairobi several times a year to conduct classes and give Dhamma talks. Bhante also uses this Center as his base while doing his humanitarian projects in Africa. The resident monk of the Theravada Buddhist Center is Vicitta Sara Bhikku who looks after the day to day activities and programs.

Theravada Buddhist Community of Vancouver

Address: #104 - 1960 West 7th Ave. Vancouver, BC   Vancouver BC V6J 1T1
Tradition: Theravada, Forest tradition
Affiliation: Birken Forest Monastery & Ajahn Chah
Phone: (778) 232-2282
E-mail: brian@theravada.ca
Website: http://www.theravada.ca/
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Main Contact: Brian Ruhe  
Teacher: Brian Ruhe  
Spiritual Director: Ajhan Sona  
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Weekly meditation group in False Creek. 

Monthly one-day retreats on Sunday.

Courses every week on week nights.

See schedule on website.

Theravada Gruppe Eifel-Saarland

Address:   Rheinland-Pfalz
Tradition: Theravada
E-mail: helga.burger@web.de
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The Theravada Gruppe Eifel-Saarland has been established with the goal to bring people, interested in Theravada Buddhism in this region together for meditation practice and to discuss the Dhamma. For information about meetings and venues, please email. All gatherings are on dana-basis only.

Theravada Myanmar Buddhist Society

Address: 50 Butterworth Avenue   Koondoola WA 6060
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: 618 6162 2975
E-mail: tmbswa@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/tmbswa/
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Secreatary: Myint Aung  Email  (Phone: 0401 251 711)
Main Contact: Stuart Michael Fontyne  Email  (Phone: 0413 736 198)
Social Manager: Kyaw Mya Zaw  Email  (Phone: 0401 972 073)
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The name of the Organization shall be called Theravada Myanmar Buddhist Society Inc. henceforth, will be known as the “Society”. The source of definition derived from the Theravada Buddhism, (henceforth the “Tradition”) practiced in Myanmar. It is the dominant and only Buddhist tradition or Buddhism, adhered to and practiced in Myanmar, accepted as the true teaching of Gotama the Buddha (henceforth, the Buddha) as taught by the Buddha, in its pristine form.

Welcome to all, to share and practise the Dhamma, handed down by the Orderly Venerable Teachers.

Theravada Samadhi Education Assocation

Address: No. 15-1F, 80 Ally, 39 Lane, Shipai Road Section 1  Taiwan
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: +886-2-2820-5242
Fax: +886-2-2820-2173
E-mail: theravada.samadhi@gmail.com
Website: http://sites.google.com/site/samadhi21/Home
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Spiritual Director: Ven. Dr. Bodagama Chandima  Email  
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We are a Buddhist charity organisation based in Taiwan.

Together with the Dharma Chakkra Child Foundation in Sri Lanka, we promote and carry out charity projects in the fields of relief work, health care, education and Buddhist teachings, especially, but not exclusively in Sri Lanka.

Update of our works can found in our blog: http://theravada-samadhi.blogspot.com/.

In addition to the charity and educational works, Ven. B. Chandima also taught Theravada Buddhism and meditation in Taiwan.

Theravadan Buddhist Dhamma Study Center

Address: 58 Hampton Street Concord, NH U.S.A.   Concord, Merimac County NH 03301
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: (603) 568-4861
E-mail: rjchiodi@hotmail.com
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Contact: Ronald J. Chiodi (Ron-the-Elder)  
Spiritual Director: R. J. Chiodi  
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This is a Study Group for Theravadan Buddhist Students  & Practitioners of The Dhamma (Buddha\'s Teachings) as documented in The Tipitaka / Pali Canon.

Study daily translations from Bhikkhu Samahita of Sri Lanka

http://www.dhammawiki.com/index.php?title=Bhikkhu_Samahita

Discussions & study of Theravadan Suttas / Pali Canon from Access to Insight

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/index-subject.html

And from “What the Buddha Said in Plain English

http://what-buddha-said.net/index.htm

Weekly Ecuminical Meditation at The Unitarian Universalist Church of Concord, NH

Tuesdays at 07:00 p.m. 

http://www.concorduu.org/

Three Jewels Dhamma Hall

Address: 31791 Johnson Lane   Fort Bragg CA 95437
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Abhayagiri Monastery
Phone: 707-964-4606
E-mail: cindyho@mcn.org
Website: http://www.threejewelsfortbragg.org
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Spiritual Director: Cindy Mettika Hoffman  Email  (Phone: 707-964-4606)
Main Contact: Cindy Mettika Hoffman  Email  (Phone: 707-964-4606)
webmaster: John Gilmore  Email  (Phone: 707-964-4038)
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Weekly teaching and meditation. Workshops, books, recordings, and other Buddhist resources for the northern California coast.

Weekly Events

Sangha Meeting

Every Monday

7:00-8:30 p.m.

On the third Monday of each month, April through December, a senior monk from Abhayagiri Monastery visits to  teach, guide meditation, and answer questions.

On other Mondays the teaching is a recorded talk usually by a monk associated with the Monastery followed by meditation and discussion with tea.

All are welcome—the teachings are helpful to both beginners and longtime practitioners. Cushions, blankets, stools, and chairs are provided. There is no charge, though donations are always appreciated.

Guided Meditation

Every Wednesday

8:00-9:00 a.m.

Open to all: experienced, beginners, those with beginners mind, those with religion, those without, those unsure.

Each session includes instruction in basic meditation techniques and time for questions and answers. To sustain continuity of practice, participants are asked to commit to attend at least six consecutive sessions.

Freewill donations are accepted for use of the Hall.

The guide, Cindy Mettika Hoffman, was ordained as a lay minister in the Thai Forest Tradition of Buddhism at Abhayagiri Monastery. She was also given authorization to teach meditation by Spirit Rock Meditation Center.

Thuru Sevana Art Gallery

Address: Devata Road, Paragastota   Horana Western 034
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: 0094 34 2252463
E-mail: info@thurusevana.lk
Website: http://www.thurusevana.lk
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Main Contact: Sajindra Perera  Email  (Phone: 0094 777 574230)
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Our Mission & Vision
 
We re-cereate and maintain an Art Gallery of ancient Temple paintings of Sri Lanka.
 
Our Mission is to conserve Temple paintings and re-create disfigured ancient temple paintings and display in one Art Gallery.
 
Our Vision is to secure the ancient Traditional style of Art and to work hard for the benefit of the Budda Shasana of Sri Lanka.
 
        " Total project 100% not for a commercial purpose"
 
We request you to go through our web site www.thurusevana.lk and we take this opportunity to invite to visit our Art Gallery when you visit Sri Lanka.
 
Address        - Thurusevana Kalagaraya (Art Gallery)                         

Tian Rien Lodge

Address: 504,Block E9 Section 2 Wangsa Maju 53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.   Kuala Lumpur
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: (603) 4127973
E-mail: shihyinhow@hotmail.com
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Teacher: Rev. Bhikkhu DhammasatI Shih Yin How (Chinese and English Speaking Monk).  
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Vipassana (Insight) in the Ven.Ledi Sayadaw, Saya Thetgyi, Ven. Webu Sayadaw, Sayagyi U Ba Khin, S.N.Goenka tradition.

Timpanogos Mountain Buddhist Hermitage

Address: 9091 Mill Creek Cove   Cedar Hills UT 84062
Tradition: Theravada, Following the lineage of Forest Monk tradition spearheaded by the late Phra Ajhan Chah of Wat PaPhong, Ubon, Thailand.
Affiliation: Monastere Bodhinyanarama, Tournon sur Rhones, France
Phone: (801) 785-5757
Fax: (801) 785-5757
E-mail: tranvtlaw@gmail.com
Website: http://www.dharmacloudstimpmountain.spaces.live.com
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Main Contact: Dr. Thuan Tran, JD, PharmD  Email  (Phone: (801)785-5757)
Teacher: Phra Ajhan Bodhinyanadharo Maha Thera  
Notes and Events:

During the Sangkhakam period (July thru October) the resident head master will conduct meditation session, an all-night meditation practice on half-moon and full moon days. Students are required to take the eight precepts on the practice days and stay overnight at the hermitage.

Tisarana Vihara

Address: 173 Albert Road, Middle Swan   WA 6056
Tradition: Theravada, Burmese
Affiliation: Tisarana Buddhist Association of Australia Inc.
Phone: (08) 64654714 or (08) 94781481 or 04 2119 8557
Fax:
E-mail: tisarana.au@gmail ; Tisaranabuddhistassociation.au@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Tisarana-Monastery-228641243868858/
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Main Contact: Mr U Tunhla-President  Email  
Spiritual Director: Venerable U Sujana  
Teacher: Abbot: Ven. U Vamsapala  

Toronto Mahamevnawa Bhavana Asapuwa

Address: 11175 Kennedy Road   Markham Ontario L6C 1P2
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Mahamevna Bhavana Asapuwa
Phone: (905) 927-7117
E-mail: info@mahamevnawa.ca
Website: http://www.mahamevnawa.ca
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Spiritual Director: Ven. Kiribathgoda Gnanananda Thera  
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Mahamevnawa is an organization of monasteries established for the sake of spiritual development of human beings through the teachings of the Sakyamuni Buddha. The organization was established by Most Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnananada Thero on 1999 and within less then 7 years it grew up to more 30 monasteries more then 300 monks and unprecedented number of lay devotees. The Toronto center is the First Mahamevna center outside Sri Lanka established on 9th of July 2006 by Most Venerable Kiribathgoda Gnananada Thero.

Services: We provide Dhamma Talks in Sinhala and English (English on Fridays) and two Monthly Uposotha Day Eight Precept program. We provide special programs for Children and Youth, and also special Dhamma talks and visiting Dhamma talks. Feel free to call us for more info. All activities are free.

Tortoise Mountain Sangha

Address: F13/1-15 Barr St   Balmain NSW 2041
Tradition: Theravada, Teacher also has Zen & Dzogchen experience
Phone: 02 47875662 (Wed-Sat) 0421 346 919
E-mail: christophermclean50@gmail.com
Website: http://home.primusonline.com.au/peony/tortoise_mountain_home.htm
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Spiritual Director: Christopher McLean  
Main Contact: Christopher McLean  Email  (Phone: 02 4787 5662)
Notes and Events:

We meet on Monday night at Barr St, Balmain. It is good to let us know that you are coming, because the building is a security building.

We sit for 45 minutes, and then we train for the next hour or so in the practice of mindfulness while speaking.

Tovana- Insight Meditation

Address: Sangha house   Tel Aviv
Tradition: Theravada
E-mail: tovana@tovana.org.il
Website: http://tovana.org.il/en
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Notes and Events:

‘Tovana’- the Israel Insight Meditation Society - welcomes all who are interested to practice and develop awareness in their everyday life to join its world class retreats, courses, groups and activities. It offers a comprehensive range of teachings with an emphasis on mindfulness, calm and insight, (‘Vipassana’).

 They are led by senior teachers with many years of experience.

The practices are doorways to an awakened way of life, to clarity and opening of the heart, and encourage qualities and values which support ourselves, other living beings and the environment.

The teachings are available and accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds, whether secular or religious, and from all ethnic groups and countries.

Tovana makes it a priority to offer its teachings and practices on a donation basis. Known as dana, this practice of generosity and giving, each according to their ability, allows people from all socioeconomic backgrounds to join.

Visiting Israel: 
Whether you are visiting Israel as a tourist, a peace activist, or on a business trip, you are welcome to add the Tovana experience to your travel plans.  It is an opportunity to make friends, learn about yourself and about a life in Israel that is seldom seen or told in the mainstream media.

You can choose from a variety of activities such as meditation retreats 
(some of which are held in English by world-renowned teachers), the Dharma Facilitator Program, Peace Walks, and other activities in the Sangha House in Tel-Aviv.

Volunteering:

All activities in Tovana are supported by members of our volunteer community.

Should you be interested in helping with our on-going activities or meditation retreats please contact us at: tovana@tovana.org.il

Meditation Retreats:

Tovana's meditation retreats are held (unless otherwise stated) at Kibbutz Ein-Dor which is situated in the Galilee by Mount Tabor.  Ein-Dor's natural and peaceful environment is conducive to quieting the mind that enables depth of experience and authentic inquiry into the self.

Meditation retreats are held in noble silence and led by senior vipassana 
teachers.

In order to support the practice and teaching to all participants, group meetings and discussions as well as personal interviews with teachers are an integral part of each program.

Sangha (Community):

Our vibrant and growing community of practitioners is open to all who wish to learn and grow with the support of friends along the Path.  The Buddha maintained that the community as an important catalyst to one’s spiritual growth.

Tovana's vision is to reach beyond the frontiers of borders and religions and create an international community that shares and develops qualities of peace, acceptance and compassion.

Sangha House:

Holding a variety of activities in the spirit of vipassana and self awareness offered by Sangha member and supported by participant’s generous donations (Dana).

Location: 21 Ovadia 
MiBartnora St., apt #15, Tel Aviv (near Bazel st.)

03-6042835

Take bus #5 and get off at Nordau and Yehoshua Bin-Nun bus stop.

Tovana's Ethical Code

Contact Tovana:

• Long courses: +972-(0)54-5695931
• Short courses: +972-(0)54-5695932
• tovana@tovana.org.il

Tri-State Dharma’s Northern Kentucky Meditation Group

Address: 12383 US 41   Baraga MI 49958
Tradition: Theravada,
Affiliation: Tri-State Dharma, Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: weisner5@gmail.com
Website: http://larosewellnessretreat.com/introduction-to-meditation/
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Teacher: Wendy Eisner  
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True North Insight

Address: P.O. Box 115, Station NDG  Montreal Quebec H4A 3P4
Tradition: Theravada, Vipassana
Phone: 514-488-7484
E-mail: info@truenorthinsight.org
Website: http://www.truenorthinsight.org
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Teachers: Pascal Auclair, Jim Bedard, Leigh Brasington, Norman Feldman, Michele McDonald, Daryl Lynn Ross, Molly Swan.

Uganda Buddhist Centre

Address: Off-Entebbe Road, Plot 31 Bulega, Garuga PO BOX 898 Entebbe – Uganda  
Tradition: Theravada
Phone: +256 (0) 392 – 000926
E-mail: ugandabuddhistcentre@gmail.com
Website: http://www.ugandabuddhistcentre.com
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Main Contact: Andrew Mukomazi  (Phone: +256 (0) 775 – 019180)
Teacher: Ven.Bhikkhu Buddharakkhita  
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The Uganda Buddhist Centre aims to create an enduring home for the preservation and transmission of the Buddha’s teachings by venerable and respectful teachers or masters established in Dhamma, and to continue to develop a landmark of Buddhist culture and teaching in Uganda and Africa as a whole.

Ujjain Buddhist Society

Address: Ujjain Buddhist Society 5 Dhanwantari Nagar Doctors Colony, Ujjain MP India PIN 456010   Ujjain 456010
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Maha Bodhi Society of India
Phone: +918770535580
E-mail: 70savitri@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Ven.DrSumedhThero
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Smt Savitri Kataria : Smt Savitri Kataria  Email  
Main Contact: Dr H B KAtaria  Email  (Phone: +918770535580)
Teacher: Ven Upali Thero  
Anand baudh : Anand baudh  (Phone: +917974190893)
Spiritual Director: Ven Dr Sumedh Thero  Email  (Phone: +919415945895)
Notes and Events:

We form this Society in Ujjain India as Registered Organization 07/33/01/17440/22

 Ujjain (/uːˈdʒeɪn/ (listen), Hindustani pronunciation: [ʊd͡ːʒɛːn]) is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the fifth-largest city in Madhya Pradesh by population and is the administrative centre of Ujjain district and Ujjain division.^[3] It is one of the Hindu pilgrimage centres of Sapta Puri famous for the Kumbh Mela held there every 12 years.^[4] The famous temple of Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is located in the center of the city.

An ancient city situated on the eastern bank of the Shipra River, Ujjain was the most prominent city on the Malwa plateau of central India for much of its history. It emerged as the political centre of central India around 600 BCE. It was the capital of the ancient Avanti kingdom, one of the sixteen mahajanapadas. It remained an important political, commercial and cultural centre of central India until the early 19th century, when the British administrators decided to develop Indore as an alternative to it. Ujjain continues to be an important place of pilgrimage for Shaivites, Vaishnavites and followers of Shakta.^[5]

Ujjain has been selected as one of the hundred Indian cities to be developed as a smart city under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship Smart Cities Mission.^[6]

Prehistoric era

Excavations at Kayatha (around 26 km from Ujjain) have revealed chalcolithic agricultural settlements dating to around 2000 BCE.^[7] Chalcolithic sites have also been discovered at other areas around Ujjain, including Nagda, but excavations at Ujjain itself have not revealed any chalcolithic settlements. Archaeologist H. D. Sankalia theorized that the chalcolithic settlements at Ujjain were probably destroyed by the Iron Age settlers.^[8]

According to Hermann Kulke and Dietmar Rothermund, Avanti, whose capital was Ujjain, "was one of the earliest outposts in central India" and showed signs of early incipient urbanisation around 700 BCE.^[9] Around 600 BCE, Ujjain emerged as the political, commercial and cultural centre of Malwa plateau.^[10]

The ancient walled city of Ujjain was located around the Garh Kalika hill on the bank of river Kshipra, in the present-day suburban areas of the Ujjain city. This city covered an irregular pentagonal area of 0.875 km². It was surrounded by a 12 m high mud rampart. The archaeological investigations have also indicated the presence of a 45 m wide and 6.6 m deep moat around the city.^[11] According to F. R. Allchin and George Erdosy, these city defences were constructed between 6th and 4th centuries BCE.^[12] Dieter Schlingloff believes that these were built before 600 BCE.^[11] This period is characterised by structures made of stone and burnt-brick, tools and weapons made of iron, and black and red burnished ware.^[12]

According to the Puranic texts, a branch of the legendary Haihaya dynasty ruled over Ujjain.^[13]

Ancient period

The Mahavira Tapo Bhumi.

In the 4th century BCE, the Mauryan emperor Chandragupta annexed Avanti to his empire.^[14] The edicts of his grandson Ashoka mention four provinces of the Mauryan empire, of which Ujjain was the capital of the Western province.^[15] During the reign of his father Bindusara, Ashoka served as the viceroy of Ujjain,^[16] which highlights the importance of the town.^[10] As the viceroy of Ujjain, Ashoka married Devi, the daughter of a merchant from Vedisagiri (Vidisha).^[17] According to the Sinhalese Buddhist tradition, their children Mahendra and Sanghamitra, who preached Buddhism in modern Sri Lanka, were born in Ujjain.^[18]

From the Mauryan period, Northern Black Polished Ware, copper coins, terracotta ring wells and ivory seals with Brahmi text have been excavated at Ujjain.^[12] Ujjain emerged as an important commercial centre, partially because it lay on the trade route connecting north India to the Deccan, starting from Mathura. It also emerged as an important center for intellectual learning among Jain, Buddhist and Hindu traditions.^[10] After the Mauryans, Ujjain was controlled by a number of empires and dynasties, including local dynasties, the Shungas, the Western Satraps, the Satavahanas, and the Guptas.^[10]

Ujjain remained as an important city of the Guptas during the 4th and the 5th centuries. Kalidasa, the great Indian classical poet of the 5th century who lived in the times of the Gupta king Vikramaditya wrote his epic work Meghadūta in which he describes the richness of Ujjain and its people.^[19] In the 6th century CE the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang visited India. He describes the ruler of Avanti as a king who was generous to the poor and presented them with gifts.^[20]

The famed historical Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga temple is in Ujjain

Bharthari is said to have written his great epics, Virat Katha, Neeti Sataka, the love story of Pradyot Princess Vasavadatta and Udayan in Ujjayini, as the city was called during his times. The writings of Bhasa are set in Ujjain, and he probably lived in the city.^[21] Kalidasa also refers to Ujjain multiple times, and it appears that he spent at least a part of his life in Ujjain.^[22] Mrichchhakatika by Shudraka is also set in Ujjain.^[23] Ujjain also appears in several stories as the capital of the legendary emperor Vikramaditya. Somadeva's Kathasaritsagara (11th century) mentions that the city was created by Vishwakarma, and describes it as invincible, prosperous and full of wonderful sights.^[24] Ujjain was sacked several times by the Arabs of the Umayyad Caliphate in the 8th century CE. The Arabs called the city Uzayn.^[25]

Medieval period

The Jantar Mantar at Ujjain was commissioned by Jai Singh II (1688-1743) of Jaipur.

The Paramaras (9th-14th century CE) shifted the region's capital from Ujjain to Dhar.^[10] Mahmud of Ghazni sacked the city and forced it to pay tribute during his campaigns in India. In 1235 CE, Iltutmish of Delhi Sultanate plundered the city.^[10] With the decline of the Paramara kingdom, Ujjain ultimately came under the Islamic rule, like other parts of north-central India. The city continued to be an important city of central India. As late as during the times of the Mughal vassal Jai Singh II (1688-1743), who constructed a Jantar Mantar in the city, Ujjain was the largest city and capital of the Malwa Subah. The city continued to be developed during Muslim rule especially under the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughal Empire, it was used as an important military headquarters.^[26]

Modern period

During the 18th century, the city briefly became the capital of Scindia state of the Maratha confederacy, when Ranoji Scindia established his capital at Ujjain in 1731. Madhadji Shinde constructed a grand palace with a hundred rooms around which the Maratha sardars constructed their own mansions. Ruined and destroyed temples were restored and newer ones were built.^[27] But his successors moved to Gwalior, where they ruled the Gwalior State in the latter half of the 18th century. The struggle of supremacy between the Holkars of Indore and Scindias (who ruled Ujjain) led to rivalry between the merchants of the two cities.^{[28][29][30][31]} On 18 July 1801, the Holkars defeated the Scindias at the Battle of Ujjain. On 1 September, Yashwantrao Holkar entered the city, and demanded a sum of 15 lakh rupees from the city. He received only 1/8th of this amount; the rest was pocketed by his officers. A force sent by Daulat Scindhia later regained control of Ujjain.^[32] After both Holkar and Scindias accepted the British suzerainty, the British colonial administrators decided to develop Indore as an alternative to Ujjain, because the merchants of Ujjain had supported certain anti-British people. John Malcolm, the British administrator of Central India, decided to reduce the importance of Ujjain "by transferring a great part of that consequence it now enjoys to the Towns of Indore and Rutlam cities, which are and will continue more under our control."^[28]

After the independence India, Ujjain became a part of the Madhya Bharat state. In 1956 Madhya Bharat was fused into the State of Madhya Pradesh.^{[33][34][35][36]}

Ujjain is located in the west-central part of India, and is north of the upper limit of the Vindhya mountain ranges. Located on the Malwa plateau, it is higher than the north Indian plains and the land rises towards the Vindhya Range to the south. Ujjain's co-ordinates are 23°10′N 75°46′E with an average elevation of 494 m (1620 ft).^[37] The region is an extension of the Deccan Traps, formed between 60 and 68 million years ago^[38][39] at the end of the Cretaceous period. The city is on the bank of the river Shipra which flows into the nearby Chambal. The tropic of cancer also passes through a temple named Karkoteshwar, located near Harsiddhi Mandir in Ujjain. This is incorrect- I visited Ujjain a few days ago and went to the Karkoteshwar temple in the Harsiddhi complex and that Karkoteshwar temple is a part of the 84 Mahdevs and has nothing to do with the Tropic of Cancer- the temple is Karkrajeshwar temple - it is half a mile along the Shipra river further along form Harsiddhi- Happy to send in Photos and Archeological proof and Citations if needed, for this-Dr Neeraj Sharma The Tropic of Cancer is thought to go through 4 parts of Ujjain- The Mangalnath temple, Jantar Mantar, Dome of Mahakal and the Karkrajeshwar temple.

Ujjain Buddhist Society

Address: Ujjain Buddhist Society 5/5 Dhanwantari Nagar Ujjain   Ujjain 456010
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: All India Bhikhu Sangha
Phone: 8770535580
E-mail: katariyaharibabu@gmail.com
Website: https://www.facebook.com/Ven.DrSumedhThero
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Teacher: Dr H B Kataria  
Main Contact: Er Savitri Kataria  Email  
Spiritual Director: Ven Dr Sumedh Thero  Email  (Phone: +919415945895)
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Events and Activities of Ujjain Buddhist Society, Ujjain MP India

W.e.f. 2016 - Singhasth Kumbh Mela

Training of Lower ordination Buddhist monks, May  i.e. Buddha Purnima every year at Ashoka  Buddha Vihar,  Freeganj Ujjain MP, India.  10 to 12 days lower order of ordination training programme was initiated in 2016 during Singhasth Kumbh Mela conducted. Self willingness to the course and later allow all of them to remove the hairs from skull triple Purnima  BE or to say Buddhism as well as Dhamachakkapavattan.  After given them 10 precepts, 75  sekhiya and kasaya under the age group of   12  to 20 years. This was the unique occasion on that a sum of very high range of young teenage to old persons could get sramner (lower order of ordination) under the one roof.

The main trainer during this  period 12 to 15 days were Ven  Dr Sumedha Thero Thero, Ven Dhamma Dhar Thero,  of Pune, MS India. Sramner (lower order of ordination) were practicing morning (6.00 AM to 7.00 AM) as well as evening (6.00 AM to 7.00 AM) chantting  of Buddha Vandana, Dhamma Vandana, Sangha Vandana, Avahan Sutta, Das Dhamma Sutta, Maha Mangal Sutta, Karniya Metta Sutta, Rattan Sutta, Jaya Mangal Gatha, Khandaparanti, Athaveesparanti, Patichsmutapada, Mittabhavana. On every morning breakfast (7.00AM) and lunch (11.30AM) recite Pindapatpachhvekhana, evening (5.00PM) gilanipachaya pachvekhana. Besides these they were get training of ekansh chevar (Kasaya) and Ubhayance chevar pachyavekhana. As well as sayana-asana pachyavekhana. Thus these temporary monks could get very high level of training in the Monkhood. The concluding function were also arrange.

Annual events celebrations w.e.f. 2016

Buddha Purnima- every year celebrations

Dhammachakkapavattan Purnima i.e. Ashala

Pavarana or Kathin i.e. Kartika Purnima

mTtSu esa Lke; le; ij vk;ksftr gksus okys dk;Zdzeksa dk fooj.k layXu gS

Ujjain Buddhist Society get Registered in 2022

Uluchari Sadhammaaratna Bouddha Vihar

Address: Uluchari Para, Farua UP Bilaichari, Rangamati, Bangladesh   Bilaichari 4550
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Dhubpani Boudha Vihar
E-mail: ariyajyoti08@gmail.com
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Assistent: Ariyajyoti  Email  
Teacher: Ven. Ajita Mahathera  
Spiritual Director: Venerable Ajita Mahathera  
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Uluchari Sadharma Bouddha Vihara is a Buddhist Temple situated in Uluchari Village in Farua union in the Sub-district of Bilaichari,  Dist:Rangamati, Bangladesh. This monastery run by the donation of the People.In this monastery dwell ten monks and novices. And some of the Monastery helpers who attend in the school also supported by the Most respected Dhanya bhante.

This Vihara has Most Respected teacher venerable Ajita Mahathera (Dhyana Bhante)  who follows vinaya discipline strictly. Venerable named a Dhayan Bhante because of his practicing meditation. And also venerable bhante has another name as Garo Bhante which means venerable one who dwells in the cave.  He has Two temples one is at Dhubpani  in the jungle which secluded place and another one is at Uluchari vilage. He has been to Bodh Gaya,India  the Secret place of Buddhist people and in Yangon the Golden land of Pagoda. During venerable visiting in Myanmar brought Relics and worshiping with most respect by the people.Venerable bhante is a calm and respected meditator  monk in Bangladesh.

And this temple started for constructing a pagoda but due to financial problem the work under pending. Anyone well wisher donor are welcome for their kind support to the Buddha Sasana . And also the people started to dig underground for constructing a meditation hall for the one who wish to practice meditation from that area. But for constructing that meditation Hall also has not yet founded fund. So the well wisher are welcome for their good deeds.

We wish may there  be peace without any disturbance in the whole world.

May the people follow  morality, concentration and wisdom  so that they can attain the highest Bliss Nibbana.

May all the living beings be happy and release from all kinds of suffering!

With Metta

Uluchari Sadharmaratna Bouddha Vihara

University of Sunderland Samatha Group

Address: Postal contact:Kath Jones 15, North Terrace Oxhill Stanley Co. Durham DH9 7LD, UK   Sunderland Tyne & Wear
Tradition: Theravada
Affiliation: Samatha Trust, UK National Organisation
Phone: 01207 283361
E-mail: kathannejones@gmail.com
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For details, see: http://www.samatha.org/what-we-offer/classes/sunderland

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