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{{Infobox settlement<br />
| name = Kesaria<br />
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| nickname = <br />
| settlement_type = Town<br />
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| image_caption = A view of [[Kesariya stupa]]<br />
| pushpin_map = India Bihar<br />
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| pushpin_relief = 1<br />
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Bihar, India<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|26.334192|N|84.854820|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| subdivision_type = Country<br />
| subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Bihar]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[East Champaran district|East Champaran]]<br />
| established_title = <!-- Established --><br />
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| government_type = State Government<br />
| governing_body = Bihar<br />
| unit_pref = Metric<br />
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| elevation_m = 45<br />
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| population_density_km2 = auto<br />
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| demographics_type1 = Languages<br />
| demographics1_title1 = Official<br />
| demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi language|Hindi]], [[Urdu language|Urdu]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]]<br />
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br />
| utc_offset1 = +5:30<br />
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br />
| postal_code = 845424<br />
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'''Kesaria''', also known as '''Kesariya''' is a town in the district of [[East Champaran district|East Champaran]], in the Indian state of [[Bihar]]. It is the site of a [[stupa]] built by the [[List of Maurya emperors|Mauryan]] king [[Ashoka]].<br />
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==Geography==<br />
Kesaria is near the [[River Gandak]] and Rampur Khajuria. The nearest villages are [[Trilokwa|Noori Mohalla Trilokwa]] & [[Trilokwa]] (3.5&nbsp;km), Kushar Saikh Toli (4&nbsp;km), Phultakiya (3&nbsp;km), Baisakhawa (2&nbsp;km), Ramgadhwa (4&nbsp;km), Tajpur (6&nbsp;km), Bairiya (6&nbsp;km), Bathana (5&nbsp;km), Nyagaw (4&nbsp;km). There are also two mosques in the town and nearest railway Station is [[Chakia, Bihar|Chakia]] about 21&nbsp;km.<br />
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==Kesariya Stupa==<br />
[[File:Kesariya.jpg|thumb|300px|The [[Kesariya stupa]].]]<br />
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Initially constructed as a mud stupa, it gained its present structure in the Maurya, Sunga and Kushana period. The stupa dates between 200 AD and 750 AD and may have been associated with the 4th-century ruler, Raja Chakravarti.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.buddhist-pilgrimage.com/kesaria-stupa.html|title=Kesaria Buddhsit Pilgrimage Tour, Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour in Kesaria India, Kesaria Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour in Bihar, Book for a Buddhist Pilgrimage Tour Kesaria|website=www.buddhist-pilgrimage.com|access-date=2019-01-20}}</ref> Kesariya Stupa is 104 feet high.<br />
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The [[Chinese Buddhism|Chinese Buddhist]] pilgrim [[Xuanzang]] mentions having seen the grand Stupa in ''Kia-shi-po-lo''{{clarify|date=September 2024}} (Kesariya) but it was deserted and overgrown.<br />
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The Kesariaa stupa was discovered in 1958 during an excavation led by Archaeologist [[K. K. Muhammed]] of [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI).<br />
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==Climate==<br />
{{Weather box|width=auto<br />
|location = Kesaria<br />
|metric first = yes<br />
|single line = yes<br />
|temperature colour = pastel<br />
|Jan record high C = 23.1<br />
|Feb record high C = 25.7<br />
|Mar record high C = 31.9<br />
|Apr record high C = 35.3<br />
|May record high C = 37.5<br />
|Jun record high C = 35.2<br />
|Jul record high C = 32.6<br />
|Aug record high C = 32.1<br />
|Sep record high C = 32<br />
|Oct record high C = 31.5<br />
|Nov record high C = 28.4<br />
|Dec record high C = 24.5<br />
|Jan record low C = 9.5<br />
|Feb record low C = 11.1<br />
|Mar record low C = 16<br />
|Apr record low C = 21.1<br />
|May record low C = 24.9<br />
|Jun record low C = 26.1<br />
|Jul record low C = 25.7<br />
|Aug record low C = 26<br />
|Sep record low C = 25.4<br />
|Oct record low C = 21.7<br />
|Nov record low C = 14.4<br />
|Dec record low C = 10.2<br />
|date=January 2020<br />
|source 1= <ref>{{cite web|title=Kesaria, Bihar Weather|url=https://en.climate-data.org/asia/india/bihar/kesariya-175039/}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.bharatonline.com/bihar/travel/champaran/kesaria.html Bharat Online.com]<br />
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[[Category:Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India]]<br />
[[Category:Archaeological sites in Bihar]]<br />
[[Category:Tourism in Bihar]]</div>LesleyMoorman3