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Gautam Buddha’s Vulture Peak, Gridhakuta Hill, Rajgir, Bihar

This is an ancient site where Buddha gave sermon to the monks. There is a place to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states here effortlessly.

How to Get there
From Rajgir, you can take a horse tonga to the base of Gridhakuta hill, then take maximum 30 mins hike to the hill.

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/XFFPAJNGSfF7xJhdA

About Gautam Buddha’s Vulture Peak, Gridhakuta Hill
This is one of the most ancient sites where the Buddha is said to have preached his Lotus Sermon. Quite true to the meaning of its name as Vulture Peak indeed the peak appears as a shape of vulture head with a natural stone formation. The place is also referred as “Gujjhakut” in Buddhist text. One of the most ancient sites where the Buddha is said to have preached his Lotus Sermon was amongst the favorite meditating place of the Buddha. Even today one can feel the deep sense of spiritual power at the peak that is devoid of any man-made grandeur. A statue of the Buddha (600 BCE) was found here and currently housed at Archeological Museum of Nalanda.

During the Buddha’s time Rajgir, then known as Rajagaha, was the capital of Magadha and the largest city in north India. Spread out over a fairly wide area you will find the cool and shady Bamboo Grove, Devadatta’s Cave at Makdum Kund, the Sattapanna Cave where the First Council was held, Jivaka’s Mango Grove, Ajatasattu’s stupa, the Pipphili Cave where Maha Kassapa liked to stay and the Boar’s Grotto where Sariputta was enlightened, to name but a few.

Source
https://bodhi.travel/blog/rajgir-and-vulture-peak
https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/pilgrim/pg_23.htm

This is an ancient site where Buddha gave sermon to the monks. There is a place to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states here effortlessly.

How to Get there
From Rajgir, you can take a horse tonga to the base of Gridhakuta hill, then take maximum 30 mins hike to the hill.

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/XFFPAJNGSfF7xJhdA

About Gautam Buddha’s Vulture Peak, Gridhakuta Hill
This is one of the most ancient sites where the Buddha is said to have preached his Lotus Sermon. Quite true to the meaning of its name as Vulture Peak indeed the peak appears as a shape of vulture head with a natural stone formation. The place is also referred as “Gujjhakut” in Buddhist text. One of the most ancient sites where the Buddha is said to have preached his Lotus Sermon was amongst the favorite meditating place of the Buddha. Even today one can feel the deep sense of spiritual power at the peak that is devoid of any man-made grandeur. A statue of the Buddha (600 BCE) was found here and currently housed at Archeological Museum of Nalanda.

During the Buddha’s time Rajgir, then known as Rajagaha, was the capital of Magadha and the largest city in north India. Spread out over a fairly wide area you will find the cool and shady Bamboo Grove, Devadatta’s Cave at Makdum Kund, the Sattapanna Cave where the First Council was held, Jivaka’s Mango Grove, Ajatasattu’s stupa, the Pipphili Cave where Maha Kassapa liked to stay and the Boar’s Grotto where Sariputta was enlightened, to name but a few.

Source
https://bodhi.travel/blog/rajgir-and-vulture-peak
https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/pilgrim/pg_23.htm

Type

Sadhana Place

Country

India (भारत)

State

Bihar

Town

Rajgir

Google Map

https://goo.gl/maps/XFFPAJNGSfF7xJhdA

Longitude

25.0004093

Latitude

85.4295105

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Accessibility

If you want to enter and meditate inside the dome, you need to complete online Vipassana course. If you have not completed a course, you can only view from outside.

Read More

https://bodhi.travel/blog/rajgir-and-vulture-peak
https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/pilgrim/pg_23.htm

How To Get There

From Rajgir, you can take a horse tonga to the base of Gridhakuta hill, then take maximum 30 mins hike to the hill.