The Prayer places or monasteries of Buddhist Matanuayayiyon have been called Vihar. The Vihar have a Buddha statue. Vihar are the places where Buddhists monks reside.
In higher education, subjects other than religious subjects were also taught, and its center was the Buddhist Vihar. The most famous of these Vihar was the Nalanda University in Bihar.
Other education centers were Vikramshila and Uddandpur. They were also in Bihar. Students from far and wide, even from Tibet, used to come to these centers. Education was provide her free of coast. The expenditure of these universities was run by the money given by the rulers and the donation of land. Nalanda had a grant of two hundred villages.
The Buddhist Vihar has always been considered one of the best centers of Buddhist culture. This Vihar as used as the abode of Buddhist monks and it was not made of wood carvings.
There is a large space for community activities inside the vihar.
The Vihar is located a few kilometers from Sanchi And is considered one of the important tourist places of Madhya Pradesh. The vihar has the remains of Satadhara Stupas. All the remains are preserved in a glass chamber on a platform in the inner chamber of the Vihara.
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