Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

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MASTER PLAN for Orissa Design Report commissioned by CRISIL Infrastructure Advisory Group Hyderabad as part of the Master Plan for the Department of Tourism Govt. of Orissa To develop the Sacred Buddhist sites as a Tourist circuit DESIGN REPORT Kiran Keswani [email protected] Bangalore, INDIA mob : 99169-02049

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A Design Report prepared as part of the Master Plan for the Department of Tourism, Government of Orissa. It includes a Circuit Development Plan for the entire State of Orissa and development plans for the Buddhist sites of Dhauli, Ratnagiri, Udayagiri and Langudi. The project report contains architectural design details for a Peace Park, a Zen garden, a Deer Park, a Spiritual Maze, a Meditation Path and Tourist cottages.

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MA

ST

ER

PL

AN

for

Ori

ssa

Des

ign

Rep

ort c

omm

issi

oned

by

CR

ISIL

Infr

astr

uctu

re A

dvis

ory

Gro

up H

yder

abad

as

part

of t

he M

aste

r P

lan

for

the

Dep

artm

ent o

f Tou

rism

Gov

t. of

Oris

sa

To develop the Sacred Buddhist sites

as

a Tourist circuit

DESIGN REPORT

Kira

n K

esw

ani

kira

nmke

swan

i@gm

ail.c

om

Ban

galo

re, I

ND

IA

mob

: 99

169-

0204

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CO

NT

EN

TS

page

Arc

hite

ctur

al P

rinci

ples

for

the

Bud

dhis

t Circ

uit

3

Bud

dhis

t Circ

uit D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

for

Oris

sa4

Dha

uli &

its

envi

rons

5

Dha

uli d

evel

opm

ent P

lan

6

Pea

ce P

ark

& A

mph

ithea

tre

Pla

n7

Ele

men

ts to

be

used

in th

e P

eace

Par

k8

Med

itatio

n P

ath

9

Spi

ritua

l Maz

e &

Lot

us P

ond

10

Bud

dha

Sta

tue

and

Art

& S

culp

ture

11

Am

phith

eatr

e12

Mus

eum

& V

ipas

sana

Cen

tre

& J

atak

a ta

le d

ep.

13

Nat

ure

Tra

il14

Alo

ng th

e tr

ail o

n D

haul

i hill

15

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

to P

eace

Par

k16

Riv

ersi

de D

evel

opm

ent

17

Tou

rist C

otta

ges

at D

haul

i18

Rat

nagi

ri &

its

envi

rons

19

Rat

nagi

ri D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

20

Bud

dha

& B

odhi

tree

land

scap

e an

d D

ispl

ay s

yste

ms

21

Zen

Gar

den

prop

osed

at R

atna

giri

22

Uda

yagi

ri &

its

envi

rons

23

Uda

yagi

ri D

evel

opm

ent P

lan

24

Oris

san

Cra

fts v

illag

e &

Cam

psite

at U

daya

giri

25

Lalit

agiri

& it

s en

viro

ns26

Lalit

agiri

dev

elop

men

t Pla

n27

Scu

lpto

rs’V

illag

e &

Site

rep

lica

at L

alita

giri

28

page

Dee

r P

ark

at L

alita

giri

29

Lang

udi &

its

envi

rons

30

Lang

udi d

evel

opm

ent p

lan

31

Site

Art

efac

t fac

ility

at L

angu

di32

Rel

ocat

ion

of a

few

exi

stin

g bu

ildin

gs a

long

the

circ

uit

33

Land

scap

e D

esig

n fo

r th

e B

uddh

ist s

ites

34

Land

scap

e de

sign

Prin

cipl

es35

Land

scap

e de

tails

36

Sto

ne in

Lan

dsca

pe37

Det

ails

for

Acc

essw

ays

to th

e B

uddh

ist s

ites

38

Ligh

ting

deta

ils39

Ligh

ting

effe

cts

40

Exi

stin

g B

uilt-

envi

ronm

ent a

long

the

circ

uit

41

Und

erst

andi

ng th

e Lo

cal m

ater

ials

42

Inst

itute

for

Rev

ival

of T

radi

tiona

l Bui

ldin

g A

rts

43

Des

ign

of G

atew

ays

at e

ntry

to th

e C

ircui

t44

Ent

ranc

e G

atew

ays

to th

e B

uddh

ist s

ites

45

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

s –

typi

cal p

lans

46

Way

side

am

enity

47

Pro

pose

d B

azaa

r at

NH

5 be

twee

n C

utta

ck &

Cha

ndik

hol

48

App

roac

h R

oads

49

3-S

tar

hote

l and

Mus

eum

of B

uddh

ism

50

Sig

nage

51

Oris

san

Art

in th

e T

ouris

t Circ

uit

52

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AR

CH

ITE

CT

UR

AL

DE

SIG

N P

RIN

CIP

LE

S f

or

the

Bu

dd

his

t C

ircu

it

The

bas

ic d

esig

n co

ncep

t un

derly

ing

the

Oris

sa B

uddh

ist

Circ

uit

is a

nat

ural

int

egra

tion

of m

oder

n fa

cilit

ies

into

the

exi

stin

g hi

stor

ic f

abric

and

dev

elop

ing

an

desi

gn a

esth

etic

that

take

s its

insp

iratio

n fr

om th

e pr

eval

ent V

erna

cula

r ar

chite

ctur

e of

Oris

sa.

The

tou

rist

faci

litie

s su

ch a

s O

rient

atio

n C

ente

rs a

nd M

useu

ms

will

be

desi

gned

to

harm

onis

e w

ith t

he p

hysi

cal

and

envi

ronm

enta

lse

tting

of

Jajp

ur &

Khu

rda

dist

ricts

, whe

re th

e ar

chae

logi

cal s

ites

are

loca

ted.

The

use

ofl

ocal

bui

ldin

g m

ater

ials

and

con

stru

ctio

n te

chni

ques

is r

ecom

men

ded.

Thi

s w

ill in

volv

e al

so a

nat

ural

part

icip

atio

n fr

om t

he l

ocal

com

mun

ity i

n th

e bu

ildin

g ac

tivity

.It

will

gen

erat

e a

sens

e of

bel

ongi

ng s

ince

the

new

dev

elop

men

tw

ill m

erge

bea

utifu

lly w

ith t

he

exis

ting

built

-env

ironm

ent.

With

in th

e ne

w s

truc

ture

s, th

e de

sign

of i

nter

iors

,fur

nitu

re, f

urni

shin

gs a

nd g

raph

ics

will

util

ize

and

prop

ogat

e lo

cal c

raft

trad

ition

s.

Mos

t of

the

Ind

ian

citie

s no

w h

ave

build

ings

tha

t ar

e bu

ilt w

ithbr

ick

wal

ls,

plas

tere

d w

ith c

emen

t co

ncre

te a

nd f

inis

hed

with

pai

nt,

roof

s th

at a

re R

CC

sla

bs.

We

have

the

refo

re,

stre

ets

and

urba

n sp

aces

tha

t di

ffer

in c

hara

cter

fro

m o

ur h

isto

ric t

owns

and

citi

es.

Tow

ns t

hat

have

dev

elop

ed a

roun

d te

mpl

es a

nd B

uddh

ist

mon

aste

ries

still

hav

e w

indi

ng s

tree

ts a

nd o

pen

spac

es w

ith a

tre

e as

the

foc

al p

oint

. In

Bhu

bane

swar

, K

onar

k te

mpl

e is

bui

lt en

tirel

y in

sto

ne.

The

Bud

dhis

t si

tes

of R

atna

giri,

Uda

yagi

ri &

Lal

itagi

ri an

d ot

hers

sho

w r

emna

nts

ofst

one

& b

rick

cons

truc

tion.

It is

rec

omm

ende

d th

at a

new

arc

hite

ctur

al v

ocab

ular

y be

dev

elop

ed t

hat

uses

sto

ne a

nd a

lso

uses

con

cret

e so

tha

t an

eco

nom

ic a

nd a

esth

etic

sol

utio

n be

com

es

avai

labl

e fo

r th

e B

uddh

ist c

ircui

t. T

his

will

req

uire

res

earc

h in

to a

n un

ders

tand

ing

of lo

cal m

ater

ials

, kno

win

g th

e ex

istin

g bu

ilt e

nviro

nmen

t, es

tabl

ishi

ng a

n In

stitu

te

for

the

Rev

ival

of T

radi

tiona

l Bui

ldin

g A

rts

such

as

lime

plas

ter,

sto

ne m

ason

ry, s

lopi

ng ti

led

roof

s an

d so

on;

set

ting

up o

f B

rick

kiln

s th

at m

ake

good

qua

lity

bric

ks:

and

initi

atin

g T

rain

ing

Pro

gram

s fo

r S

tone

mas

onry

con

stru

ctio

n fo

r m

ason

s, a

rchi

tect

s &

eng

inee

rs.

Gen

eral

Pri

nci

ple

s

•T

he n

ew s

truc

ture

s m

ust b

e ae

sthe

tical

ly p

leas

ing,

func

tiona

l bui

ldin

gs th

at c

ompl

emen

t the

anc

ient

str

uctu

res

and

prov

ide

a vi

sual

and

cul

tura

l

cont

inui

ty.

•W

here

ver

poss

ible

, onl

y lo

w-r

ise

stru

ctur

es w

ill b

e us

ed th

at d

o no

t dis

turb

the

ambi

ence

oft

he r

ural

set

ting

•T

he a

rcha

elog

ical

mon

umen

ts a

re v

isib

le to

day

only

in p

art a

nd n

ot in

who

le. T

hey

do n

ot s

tand

in g

rand

eur

as th

ey o

nce

did

in th

e pa

st. T

he n

ew

cons

truc

tions

mus

t the

refo

re b

e si

mpl

e fo

rms

that

do

not c

all a

ttent

ion

to th

emse

lves

but

ble

nd w

ith th

e su

rrou

ndin

g la

ndsc

ape

so th

at th

e B

uddh

ist

site

s st

ill s

tand

out

as

the

mor

e im

port

ant b

etw

een

the

old

and

the

new

.

•In

spira

tion

for

the

new

arc

hite

ctur

al fo

rms

may

com

e fr

om B

uddh

ist a

rchi

tect

ure.

How

ever

, it i

s re

com

men

ded

that

no

atte

mpt

be

mad

e to

cop

y th

e

old

mon

umen

ts.

3

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CUTTACK

BHUBANESWAR

Lalitagiri

Ratnagiri

Udayagiri

Langudi

Way-side

amentiy

Way-side

eating joint

Way-side

amentiy

Proposed

Bazaar

Highway Plaza

Way-side

eating joint

River Brahmani

River Birupa

NH-5

Museum of

Buddhism

Exhibition

Pavilion

River Kelua

Gateway at

Bhubaneswar

CHANDIKHOL

Way-side

amentiy

Way-side

amentiy

3-Star hotel

10 km

19 km

11 km

NH-5A Expressway

Rural Tourist

Resort

Buddhist Circuit Development Plan

for

Orissa

Dhauli

4

1G

atew

ay a

t Bhu

bane

swar

2M

useu

m o

f Bud

dhis

m

3T

wo

‘Way

side

am

eniti

es’a

long

NH

-5

4T

wo

‘Way

side

am

eniti

es’a

long

NH

-5A

Exp

ress

way

5R

ural

Tou

rist R

esor

t at L

alitg

iri v

illag

e

6T

wo

‘Way

side

eat

ing

join

ts’b

etw

een

NH

-5 tu

rnin

g &

the

Lang

udi s

ite

7O

ne 3

-Sta

r ho

tel a

long

NH

-5A

8T

hree

Bud

get h

otel

s

9B

azaa

r on

NH

-5 b

etw

een

Cut

tack

& C

hand

ikho

l

10E

xhib

ition

Pav

ilion

on

NH

-5 c

lose

to C

utta

ck

11H

ighw

ay P

laza

6

9

6

3

11

4

10

37

5

2

1

4

Budget hotel

Budget hotel

Budget hotel

8

8

8

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DH

AU

LI

& it

s en

viro

ns

Stupa of ‘Peace Pagoda’

Shiva Temple dedicated to Lord

‘Dhavaleswara’beside the Peace

Pagoda

Buddhist monastery prayer hall

Steps leading to ‘Peace Pagoda’

5Ashoka’s Rock-cut edicts

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Zo

ne

of

Pea

ce

Dis

pla

y Z

on

e

Zo

ne

of

Lea

rnin

g

Nat

ure

Zo

ne

Art

Zo

ne

Wat

er Z

on

e

Pea

ce P

agod

a

Pra

yer

hall

Acc

om

od

atio

nE

ntr

ance

Pla

za

Dh

auli

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n

Zo

ne

of

Pea

ce

Ash

tam

arga

Med

itatio

n P

ath

Spi

ritua

l Maz

e

Oth

er n

atur

al fe

atur

es

Dis

pla

y Z

on

e

Am

phith

eatr

e

Mus

eum

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

Sou

nd &

Lig

ht s

how

Zo

ne

of

Lea

rnin

g

Orie

ntat

ion

Cen

tre

Jata

ka ta

le d

epic

tion

Vip

assa

na C

entr

e

Nat

ure

Zo

ne

Nat

ure

trai

l

Per

enni

al g

arde

n

Ham

lets

Art

Zo

ne

Scu

lptu

re G

arde

n

Wat

er Z

on

e

Riv

ersi

de R

esta

uran

t

Cyc

ling

alon

g R

iver

Day

a

Row

Boa

ting

6

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7

Tou

rist C

otta

ges

RIV

ER

Riv

erfr

ont d

evel

opm

ent

Cyc

le P

ath

Fie

lds

Pea

ce P

ark

& A

mp

hit

hea

tre

Pla

n

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

Dha

uli B

azaa

r

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The

Pea

ce P

ark

desi

gn is

bas

ed o

n th

e pr

inci

ples

of J

apan

ese

land

scap

e w

here

Bud

dhis

t tho

ught

is

refle

cted

, th

e “p

erm

anen

t im

perm

anen

ce“

of l

ife

Jap

anes

e

lan

dsc

ape

des

ign

influ

ence

d by

•re

ligio

us b

elie

fs

•sy

mbo

lism

Gar

den

for

Med

itatio

n . .

.

thro

ugh

whi

ch

the

purp

ose

& m

eani

ng o

f life

was

rev

eale

d

Ele

men

tsto

be

use

d in

the

Pea

ce P

ark

at D

hau

li

•W

ater

•S

ton

e

•L

and

form

•P

lan

tin

g D

esig

n

•th

e Lo

tus

Pon

d at

the

entr

y to

the

med

itatio

n pa

th

•th

e w

ater

pon

d w

ith th

e B

uddh

a st

atue

•w

ater

bas

in fo

unta

ins

alon

g th

e pa

thw

ay n

ear

the

amph

ithea

tre

•al

ong

the

med

itatio

n pa

th, l

ittle

sto

ne o

r w

oode

n br

idge

s to

cros

s ov

er a

roc

k ou

tcro

p8

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Ske

tch

Layo

ut o

f Med

itatio

n P

ath

with

in th

e P

eace

Par

k

Med

itat

ion

Pat

h

Eve

ry c

ourt

yard

will

be

a “S

pace

for

Con

tem

plat

ion”

to r

efle

ct u

pon

an a

spec

t of

the

eigh

t-fo

ld p

ath

laid

out

by

Sid

dart

ha G

auta

ma.

As

one

ente

rs e

ach

cour

tyar

d, th

ere

will

be

a di

ffere

nt e

xper

ienc

e of

nat

ure,

one

may

be

a F

ern

Co

urt

, ano

ther

a P

alm

Co

urt

. . .

Cou

rtya

rd o

f “R

ight

Inte

ntio

n”

9

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the

Lotu

s P

ond

is t

he

begi

nnin

g of

th

e

med

itatio

n pa

th.

Lo

tus

Po

nd

Sp

irit

ual

Maz

e

Maz

e of

hed

ge &

wal

l w

ith t

he

ausp

icio

us

sym

bols

of

Bud

dhis

m

Bud

dhap

adda

in s

tone

10

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Bu

dd

ha

Sta

tue

& P

on

d

The

med

itatio

n pa

th ta

kes

a vi

sito

r al

ong

the

eigh

t cou

rtya

rds

and

final

ly le

ads

to th

e st

atue

of t

he B

uddh

a th

roug

h a

wat

er p

ond.

One

wal

ks

acro

ss r

ock

step

s ov

er th

e w

ater

to p

ay o

ne’s

res

pect

s.

Pla

n sh

owin

g lo

catio

n of

Bud

dha

stat

ue in

Pea

ce P

ark

Way

to

Med

itat

ion

Pat

h

Art

& S

culp

ture

Art

as

the

sacr

ed e

xpre

ssio

n of

rel

igio

n is

bes

t exe

mpl

ified

in B

uddh

ist a

rt

and

arch

itect

ure.

For

the

scul

ptur

es, l

ocal

sto

ne s

uch

as K

hond

alite

i.e.

Bal

ipat

hara

or K

anda

path

ara

may

be

used

. Als

o, C

hlor

ite o

r M

uggu

ni

Pat

hara

from

Nilg

iri, u

ndiv

ided

Bal

asor

e di

stric

t may

be

used

.

It is

rec

omm

ende

d th

at th

e ar

t wor

ks in

the

Pea

ce P

ark

such

as

the

mur

al

at th

e en

tran

ce p

laza

and

oth

ers

use

indi

geno

us c

olou

rs s

uch

as y

ello

w o

f

turm

eric

, whi

te o

f she

lls, b

lack

of l

amp

blac

k, r

ed o

f har

itala

and

gre

en

from

leav

es.

11

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Th

e A

mp

hit

hea

tre

The

sym

bolis

m o

f th

e w

heel

is

impl

ied

with

in t

he p

lan

of t

he a

mph

ithea

tre

here

, ju

st a

s a

Stu

pa p

lan

deriv

es i

ts m

eani

ng f

rom

the

whe

el

The

whe

el ta

kes

two

form

s in

Bud

dhis

m :

the

whe

el o

f Bec

omin

g (s

amsa

ra c

hakr

a)

and

the

whe

el o

f the

Dha

rma

(dha

rma

chak

ra)

•V

otiv

e S

tupa

s as

par

t of t

he a

mph

ithea

tre

wal

l

•T

he S

pect

ator

s se

e th

e P

eace

Pag

oda

as b

ackd

rop

•R

CC

str

uctu

re w

ith s

tone

mas

onry

& s

tone

ste

ps

•S

lope

is 2

0 de

gree

s to

ach

ieve

goo

d si

ghtli

nes

•T

he fl

ow o

f peo

ple

into

& o

ut o

f sea

ting

area

is

wel

l pla

nned

Plan of amphitheatre at Dhauli

12

Pla

n of

the

Stu

pa

at N

agar

juna

kond

aS

tone

arc

hway

lead

ing

to th

e to

ilets

bel

ow th

e

amph

ithea

tre

The

Am

phith

eatr

e at

Dha

uli

will

be

nest

led

in th

e

hills

ide

sim

ilar

to th

e on

e in

the

imag

e he

re.

Page 13: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Mu

seu

mT

he M

useu

m w

ill b

e ho

used

ben

eath

the

Am

phith

eatr

e an

d w

ill d

epic

t

the

stor

y of

Kin

g A

shok

a’s

entr

y in

to B

uddh

ism

. It w

ill fo

cus

on P

eace

and

the

mes

sage

of t

he B

uddh

a.

Jata

ka T

ale

dep

icti

on

Vip

assa

na

Cen

tre

Roa

dM

ural

s by

art

ists

from

Rag

hura

jpur

dep

ictin

g

Jata

ka ta

les

alon

g th

e

step

s

Sto

ne d

etai

ling

for

tour

ist

deve

lopm

ent p

roje

ct

13

Page 14: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Nat

ure

Tra

il

the

Her

b g

ard

en

Sit

tin

g a

reas

/hu

ts

Ben

ches

Ham

mo

cks

Bir

dsh

op

Ret

reat

s

Bir

dfe

eder

s

Gre

en f

ield

ho

me

Per

enn

ial g

ard

enLa

yout

sho

win

g th

e N

atur

e w

alk

that

beg

ins

at th

e O

rient

atio

n C

entr

e

and

win

ds u

p th

e hi

ll to

war

ds th

e P

anth

Niw

as14

Page 15: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Ret

reat

Alo

ng

th

e tr

ail

on

Dh

auli

hill

Ele

vatio

n of

Bird

shop

Vie

win

g de

ck o

n tr

ee

15

Page 16: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Vie

w o

f Poi

nt o

f ent

ry in

to P

eace

Par

k

Pla

n of

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

Vie

w o

f the

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

, with

am

phith

eatr

e in

the

back

grou

nd.T

he p

ath

on th

e rig

ht le

ads

to th

e

Pea

ce P

ark

and

the

Med

itatio

n P

ath

En

tran

ce P

laza

to

Pea

ce P

ark

Mur

al o

n th

e w

all o

f the

am

phith

eatr

e

sym

bolis

ing

the

rolli

ng o

f the

whe

el

bein

g eq

uiva

lent

to th

e B

uddh

a’s

wal

king

thro

ugh

the

wor

lds.

16

Pro

pose

d de

sign

for

toile

t blo

ck

near

the

Pea

ce P

agod

a

Page 17: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Riv

ersi

de

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Res

t are

as n

ear

the

river

Woo

den

brid

ges

& je

tties

17

Sec

tion

thro

ugh

the

Riv

ersi

de r

esta

uran

t at D

haul

i sho

win

g de

cks

& th

e la

ndsc

ape

Pla

n of

Dha

uli h

ill s

how

ing

the

cycl

e pa

th

alon

g th

e R

iver

Day

a, th

e pa

rkin

g fa

cilit

y

for

buse

s be

fore

the

entr

y to

the

Roc

k-ed

ict.

The

layo

ut s

how

s th

e lo

catio

n

of th

e to

uris

t cot

tage

s fo

r vi

sito

rs to

Dha

uli.

Page 18: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

To

uri

st C

ott

ages

at

Dh

auli

18

Layout Plan showing cottages at Dhauli

Detail Plan of Cottage units

The

Cot

tage

com

plex

con

sist

s of

24

doub

le

room

s fa

cing

the

gree

n fie

lds

on o

ne s

ide

and

the

Sha

nti S

tupa

on

the

othe

r. T

wo

room

s ar

e

club

bed

to m

ake

one

unit

with

a s

lopi

ng r

oof.

The

re

side

ntia

l ro

oms

with

at

tach

ed

bath

open

ou

t in

to

a lit

tle

terr

ace.

O

ne

ente

rs

thro

ugh

a w

ide

fron

t ver

anda

h.

The

in

terio

rs

will

be

de

sign

ed

in

a si

mpl

e

styl

e. T

he r

oom

s w

ill h

ave

fabr

ics

and

craf

ts

that

are

loc

ally

ava

ilabl

e su

ch a

s pa

tach

itra

wal

l ha

ngin

gs,

ston

e sc

ulpt

ures

, cu

rtai

ns

mad

e of

Sam

bhal

pur

Ikat

and

so

on.

Page 19: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

RA

TN

AG

IRI

& it

s en

viro

ns

19

Entrance to m

onastery

Votive Stupas

Open space outside the m

onastery

Brick & Stone doorway

Sculpture at Ratnagiri

Page 20: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Rat

nag

iri

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n

Votive

stupas

Dhy

ana

vana

m

20

1E

ntra

nce

Pla

za

2In

form

atio

n ce

ntre

3R

esta

uran

t

4C

rafts

Baz

aar

5P

arki

ng

6S

ite M

inia

ture

Rep

lica

7Z

en G

arde

n

8B

odhi

tree

in w

hite

peb

bles

9D

hyan

avan

am

4

32

5

6

8

7

1

9

Page 21: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

The

Bud

dha

med

itatin

g un

der

the

Bod

hi t

ree

(Pee

pal

tree

) w

ill b

e sy

mbo

lised

at

Rat

nagi

ri

as p

art

of

the

land

scap

e.

The

tr

ee

will

be

crea

ted

with

whi

te p

ebbl

es/s

tone

pie

ces

on

the

hills

ide

and

will

be

vi

sibl

e as

on

e

appr

oach

es

the

arch

aelo

gica

l si

te

of

Rat

nagi

ri.

The

cre

atio

n in

whi

te s

tone

will

be

sim

ilar

to t

he o

ne s

how

n in

the

imag

e ab

ove.

The

fin

ishi

ng w

ill b

e do

ne a

s sh

own

in t

he

imag

e on

the

right

.

Bu

dd

ha

med

itat

ing

un

der

Bo

dh

i tre

e

21

Plan of Bodhi tree landscape

Meditation area

Dis

pla

y sy

stem

s w

ith

in t

he

Pro

po

sed

Arc

hae

log

ical

Mu

seu

ms

Dhyanam vanam

Existing Archaeological museum at Ratnagiri

Page 22: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Zen

gar

den

pro

po

sed

at

Rat

nag

iri

�R

ocks

�S

and

•Sm

all &

enc

lose

d

•Inw

ard-

look

ing

•Sim

ple

mat

eria

ls

•R

ocks

like

rug

ged

isla

nds

in th

e w

aves

of a

n oc

ean

•R

ippl

es o

f san

d flo

w a

s pa

ttern

s of

ene

rgy

•T

he o

nly

vege

tatio

n is

som

e m

oss

arou

nd s

tone

s

San

d

Rak

ed s

and,

par

ticul

arly

whi

te r

aked

san

d (s

hira

kaw

asun

a)

is a

feat

ure

of m

any

Japa

nese

gar

dens

& w

ill b

e us

ed h

ere

in th

epr

opos

ed Z

en g

arde

n

Bri

dg

es

Brid

ges

can

be b

uilt

of e

ither

woo

d or

sto

ne. I

n so

me

inst

ance

s,th

e br

idge

is a

ctua

lly p

art o

f a d

ry la

ndsc

ape,

span

ning

onl

y a

sand

or

grav

el s

trea

m. T

he b

ridge

s co

uld

be in

terp

rete

d as

sym

boliz

ing

the

pass

age

betw

een

this

wor

ld a

nd th

e ne

xt, a

nd in

a Z

en c

onte

xt th

ey c

an r

epre

sent

the

jour

ney

tow

ard

enlig

hten

men

t.

Flo

wer

s

The

lotu

s is

a s

ymbo

l of B

uddh

ist

enlig

hten

men

t. In

Jap

anes

e ze

n ga

rden

s w

ater

-lovi

ng fl

ower

s su

ch a

s th

e iri

s,

the

wat

er li

ly, a

nd th

e lo

tus

are

used

.

22

Plan of Zen Garden

Page 23: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

UD

AY

AG

IRI

& it

s en

viro

ns

23

Location proposed for Tourist Entrance Plaza

Stupa overlooking the beautiful hillside

Map showing location of stupas and m

onastery at Udayagiri

Source : Archaelogical Survey of India, Orissa

Miniature

Chaitya hall

Pro

po

sed

Sit

e A

rch

aeo

log

ical

Mu

seu

m

&

Min

iatu

re C

hai

tya

hal

l

Main entrance

Gallery 1

Gallery 2

Gallery 3

Workshop

Museum

shop

Courtyard

Colonnade

Courtyard

Co

nce

pt

Pla

n

Page 24: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

BRICK AMPHITHEATRE is proposed at

Udayagiri similar to the one at Dakshina

Chitra in Chennai as shown above

Monastery no.1

Monastery no.2

Shrine complex

Apsidal Stupa complex

Structural complex

Step well

Staff quarters

Archaelogical Museum

& Miniature Chaitya hall

Orissan Crafts village

Brick

amphitheatre

Entrance Plaza

Parking

Main entrance

NORTH

Sketch view of proposed brick amphitheatre along the hills of Udayagiri

Protected ASI site

HILLS

Ud

ayag

iri

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n

Camping site

Institute for Revival of

Traditional Building Arts

Tourist Cottage Complex

24

KE

Y f

or

Pro

po

sed

to

uri

st f

acili

ties

1.P

arki

ng

2.E

ntra

nce

Pla

za

3.O

rissa

n C

rafts

vill

age

4.In

stitu

te fo

r R

eviv

al o

f Tra

ditio

nal B

uild

ing

Art

s

5.T

ouris

t Cot

tage

com

plex

6.A

rcha

eolo

gica

l Mus

eum

& M

inia

ture

Cha

itya

hall

7.C

ampi

ng s

ite

8.B

rick

amph

ithea

tre

2

1

4

3

5

67

8

Page 25: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Cam

p-s

ite

layo

ut

at U

day

agir

i

25

Ori

ssan

Cra

fts

Vill

age

at Ud

ayag

iri

The

Cra

fts V

illag

e w

ill c

onsi

st o

f uni

ts s

uch

as th

e on

e

show

n ab

ove.

Eac

h un

it is

a c

lust

er o

f thr

ee w

orks

pace

s

and

a se

atin

g ar

ea d

esig

ned

like

a lit

tle a

mph

ithea

tre

whe

re to

uris

ts a

nd v

isito

rs c

an s

it to

wat

ch th

e

craf

tsm

en a

t wor

k.

The

Cam

ping

site

will

con

sist

of

twen

ty te

nts.

The

re w

ill b

e an

offic

e un

it fo

r ch

eck-

ins

and

mai

nten

ance

of t

he C

amp

site

.

Page 26: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

LA

LIT

AG

IRI

& it

s en

viro

ns

ac

b

e

da

e

d

c

b

26

Existing Stupa on hill

Apsidal temple

Page 27: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

27

Lal

itag

iri

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

nProposed m

onastery m

ay derive inspiration in

its design & planning from the existing brick

monastery shown here.

Proposed temple,

Stupa & Institute of

Buddhist Learning

4

25

6

7

1

1E

ntra

nce

Pla

za

2S

ite M

inia

ture

Rep

lica

3S

culp

tors

Vill

age

4D

eer

Par

k

5N

atur

e w

alk

6P

ropo

sed

arch

aeol

ogic

al m

useu

m

7M

onas

tery

, Stu

pa, T

empl

e &

Inst

itute

of B

uddh

ist l

earn

ing

8C

ampi

ng s

ite

8Camping Site

3

Page 28: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Scu

lpto

rs’V

illag

e at

Lal

itag

iri

Bu

dd

his

t si

te R

eplic

a

or

Re-

crea

tio

n in

min

iatu

re

28

The

Pro

pose

d S

ite R

eplic

as w

ill b

e m

odel

ed

on th

e M

inia

turis

ed H

olla

nd a

t Am

ster

dam

and

such

oth

er s

imila

r pr

ojec

ts a

broa

d as

show

n ab

ove

Cam

p-s

ite

layo

ut

at L

alit

agir

i

Page 29: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Dee

r P

ark

at L

alit

agir

i

Mon

aste

ry n

o. 3

Mon

aste

ry n

o. 1

Mon

aste

ry n

o. 2

En

try

to Dee

r P

ark

Info

rmat

ion

Cen

tre

Pro

men

ade

Pic

nic

villa

ge

Wat

er

Dee

r h

om

e

Nat

ure

wal

k

Nu

rser

y

Wo

od

en b

rid

ge

Ham

mo

cks

Sh

aded

sea

tin

g a

reas

To

Aps

idal

tem

ple

& P

ropo

sed

mon

aste

ry

Fro

m

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

29

It is

pro

pose

d th

at a

Dee

r P

ark

be d

evel

oped

at L

alita

giri.

In th

e D

eer

Par

k of

Sar

nath

, Bud

dha

deliv

ered

the

first

ser

mon

afte

r he

gai

ned

enlig

hten

men

t. In

fact

, Sar

nath

der

ives

its

nam

e fr

om S

aran

gana

tha

Lord

of t

he D

eer.

Mac

haa

n

Po

nd

Page 30: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

LA

NG

UD

I & it

s en

viro

ns

New

ly d

isco

vere

d si

tes

at L

angu

di h

ill

30

Page 31: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Monastery

Proposed Site

artefact facility

Stupa

Rock-cut

votive stupas

Entrance

Plaza

Information

Counter

Lan

gu

di

Dev

elo

pm

ent

Pla

n

It is

rec

omm

ende

d th

at th

e ci

rcul

atio

n pa

thw

ays

for

Lang

udi b

e w

ell-d

efin

ed fo

r th

e to

uris

ts w

ho w

ill

visi

t her

e. T

his

path

way

can

be

have

ran

dom

sto

ne

pavi

ng. I

t can

not b

e m

ade

a pe

rman

ent p

ath

sinc

e

ther

e re

mai

ns m

uch

to b

e ex

plor

ed a

t thi

s

arch

aelo

gica

l site

. Onc

e al

l the

exc

avat

ions

are

com

plet

ed, t

he c

ircul

atio

n pa

ttern

will

hav

e to

be

revi

sed

once

aga

in to

allo

w v

isito

rs to

wal

k th

roug

h th

e

new

ly d

isco

vere

d pa

rts

of L

angu

di.

In th

e fir

st p

hase

of t

he T

ouris

t Circ

uit d

evel

opm

ent,

an In

form

atio

n C

ount

er, a

Site

Art

efac

t fac

ility

and

an

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

that

incl

udes

toile

t fac

ilitie

s, a

caf

etar

ia

and

adeq

uate

par

king

will

be

prov

ided

.

1E

ntra

nce

Pla

za

2In

form

atio

n C

ount

er

3S

ite a

rtef

act f

acili

ty

4C

ircul

atio

n P

ath

5La

ndsc

aped

are

a

KE

Y f

or

Pro

po

sed

to

uri

st f

acili

ties

3

4

21

5

31

Page 32: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

32

Do

tted

lin

e in

dic

ates

th

e

exte

nt

of

roo

f ab

ove

Sec

tio

n

Pla

n

Sit

e A

rtef

act

faci

lity

at

Lan

gu

di

The

arc

haeo

logi

cal s

ite o

f Lan

gudi

cont

inue

s to

be

exca

vate

d. A

t pre

sent

,

the

arte

fact

s be

ing

unea

rthe

d ar

e

bein

g ho

used

in a

she

d at

site

. It i

s

ther

efor

e pr

opos

ed th

at a

‘Site

Art

efac

t Fac

ility

’be

set u

p w

hich

may

be te

mpo

rary

in n

atur

e bu

t whi

ch

prot

ects

the

arch

aeol

ogic

al r

emna

nts

foun

d.

Thi

s fa

cilit

y w

ill b

e a

plac

e w

hich

the

tour

ists

and

pilg

rims

can

visi

t, w

here

info

rmat

ion

abou

t the

on-

goin

g

findi

ngs

can

be o

btai

ned

and

perh

aps

an o

rient

atio

n fil

m c

an b

e vi

ewed

here

.

A r

egul

ar m

useu

m m

ay h

appe

n at

Lang

udi a

fter

all t

he e

xcav

atio

n

activ

ity h

as b

een

com

plet

ed. U

ntil

such

tim

e, th

e de

sign

of t

his

tem

pora

ry m

useu

m w

ill c

onsi

st o

f

chan

ge o

f lev

els

that

add

inte

rest

to

the

view

ing

of th

e pi

eces

.

Info

rmat

ion

dis

pla

y

Info

rmat

ion

dis

pla

yA

rtef

acts

Art

efac

t

Info

rmat

ion

dis

pla

y

Page 33: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Map

of O

rissa

sho

win

g th

e B

uddh

ist s

ites

of L

alita

giri,

Rat

nagi

ri,

Uda

yagi

ri, D

haul

i & L

angu

di

Re-

loca

tio

n o

f fe

w

exis

tin

g b

uild

ing

s

alo

ng

th

e ci

rcu

it

Pla

n o

f D

hau

li

33

Pla

n o

f R

atn

agir

i Bu

dd

his

t si

te

Mo

nas

tery

Exi

stin

g S

cho

ol

Bu

ildin

g

Stu

pa

To

Alla

bad

ha

villa

ge

The

Sch

ool b

uild

ing

need

s to

be

relo

cate

d to

allo

w fo

r th

e pl

anni

ng o

f an

entr

ance

pla

za to

the

Rat

nagi

ri si

te a

s w

ell a

s th

e pr

opos

ed

craf

ts b

azaa

r

Pro

po

sed

Lo

cati

on

fo

r

Sch

oo

l Bu

ildin

g

Pro

po

sed

Lo

cati

on

fo

r

Gra

m P

anch

ayat

Off

ice

Page 34: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Pav

ing

det

ails

34

LA

ND

SC

AP

E D

ES

IGN

for

the

Bu

dd

his

t si

tes

Pav

ing

mat

eria

ls to

be

used

at t

he B

uddh

ist

site

s m

ay in

clud

e te

rrac

otta

col

our

tiles

,

bric

ks w

ith r

iver

peb

bles

, bun

d w

alls

with

ston

e an

d br

ick,

sto

ne s

labs

and

peb

bles

.

In s

peci

fic a

reas

, a g

rass

and

sto

ne

land

scap

e m

ay b

e pr

ovid

ed.

Som

etim

es, a

str

eam

will

be

allo

wed

to fl

ow th

roug

h a

gard

en z

one

and

a lit

tle s

tone

brid

ge m

ay g

o ac

ross

.

Page 35: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Lan

dsc

ape

Des

ign

Pri

nci

ple

s

Sin

ce T

ouris

m d

evel

opm

ent f

or a

Bud

dhis

t circ

uit m

ust n

eces

saril

y ke

ep n

ew c

onst

ruct

ion

to a

min

imum

and

con

serv

e th

e ex

istin

g

hist

oric

mon

umen

ts, w

hat a

Mas

ter

Pla

n ca

n do

is la

y em

phas

is o

nth

e La

ndsc

ape

deve

lopm

ent o

f the

sev

eral

zon

es w

ithin

this

reg

ion

that

will

be

trav

erse

d by

tour

ists

and

pilg

rims

alik

e.

•T

he fi

rst s

tep

tow

ards

rea

lizin

g th

is g

oal i

s to

reo

rgan

ize

the

circ

ulat

ion

patte

rn w

ithin

the

AS

I site

s w

ith in

tere

stin

g la

ndsc

ape

elem

ents

to c

reat

e a

peac

eful

and

enr

ichi

ng e

xper

ienc

e

•Lo

tus

pond

s, m

edita

tion

pavi

lions

, par

ks, g

arde

n co

urts

, sto

ne fo

unta

ins

are

to b

e in

clud

ed a

s es

sent

ial f

eatu

res

of th

e to

tal

plan

•T

o pr

ovid

e pa

ved

wal

kway

s in

sto

ne in

ters

pers

ed w

ith s

pace

s fo

rth

ough

t and

enj

oym

ent

•W

aysi

de a

men

ities

will

hav

e la

rge

ever

gree

n tr

ees

to p

rovi

de th

e ne

cess

ary

shad

e

•A

larg

e nu

mbe

r of

tree

s to

be

plan

ted

also

alo

ng a

ppro

ach

road

san

d pa

thw

ays

to p

rovi

de s

hade

, col

our

and

frag

ranc

e

•T

rees

that

are

ass

ocia

ted

with

the

Bud

dha,

like

the

Sal

, Man

go,P

eepa

l & o

ther

s th

at h

ave

foun

d a

plac

e in

anc

ient

myt

holo

gica

l lite

ratu

re –

the

kada

mba

, tem

ple

tree

etc

. will

be

plan

ted

exte

nsiv

ely

•R

ejuv

enat

ion

of w

ater

bod

ies

in th

e vi

cini

ty o

f the

bud

dhis

t site

s

•P

rogr

amm

e of

affo

rest

atio

n to

be

plan

ned

for

the

indi

vidu

al z

ones

in w

hich

eac

h of

the

site

s ex

ist

•La

ndsc

apin

g as

par

t of t

he a

rchi

tect

ural

zon

es s

uch

as th

e to

uris

t fac

ilitie

s w

ill fu

rthe

r se

rve

to c

ontr

ol te

mpe

ratu

re, w

ind

&

dust

with

tree

s, m

ound

s &

folia

ge a

ctin

g as

sun

and

win

d br

eake

rs

•T

here

are

agr

icul

tura

l lan

ds in

the

vici

nity

of t

he M

aste

r P

lan

area

. It i

s re

com

men

ded

that

the

farm

ers

be e

ncou

rage

d to

plan

t tre

es a

long

the

boun

darie

s of

thei

r pl

ots.

35

Page 36: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

36

It is

impo

rtan

t tha

t the

Pat

hway

s th

roug

h th

e bu

ddhi

st s

ites

be d

esig

ned

inte

rest

ingl

y si

nce

thes

e w

ill b

e th

e m

ost

visi

ble

elem

ent a

nd u

sed

cont

inua

lly b

y vi

sito

rs. S

eatin

g

area

s m

ay b

e pr

ovid

ed in

fron

t of a

rel

ic o

r

Arc

hael

ogic

al r

emna

nt.

Pla

n

1

2

Lan

dsc

ape

Det

ails

Page 37: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

3

Whe

reve

r po

ssib

le, s

tone

sla

bs w

ill b

e us

ed fo

r pa

ving

the

path

way

s. T

he p

atte

rns

will

be

som

etim

es r

egul

ar a

nd

som

etim

es ir

regu

lar

as s

how

n he

re. A

t all

the

site

s, a

ny

exis

ting

para

pet w

alls

bui

lt in

con

cret

e w

ill b

e re

pain

ted.

Whe

reve

r th

e w

all i

s no

t in

a go

od c

ondi

tion

as a

long

the

win

ding

roa

d up

to th

e P

eace

Pag

oda

at D

haul

i, ne

w

para

pets

will

be

built

and

thes

e w

ill b

e in

ran

dom

rub

ble

mas

onry

.

Sto

ne la

nter

ns w

ill b

e de

sign

ed u

sing

Jap

anes

e fo

rms

such

as

thos

e us

ed in

Jap

anes

e B

uddh

ist p

arks

as

wel

l as

loca

l Oris

san

form

s.

37

Sto

ne

in L

and

scap

e

Page 38: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Det

ails

fo

r ac

cess

way

s

to

the

Bu

dd

his

t si

tes

38

Alo

ng th

e to

uris

t circ

uit,

the

foot

path

s

need

to b

e ae

sthe

tical

ly &

fun

ctio

nally

impr

oved

. Som

e pa

ving

pat

tern

s ar

e

sugg

este

d he

re th

at u

se a

com

bina

tion

of

conc

rete

pav

ing

bloc

ks a

nd w

ire-c

ut b

ricks

.

The

dra

win

gs a

lso

indi

cate

the

deta

iling

for

tree

-sur

roun

ds.

Page 39: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Lig

hti

ng

det

ails

for

Ste

ps

Scu

lptu

res

Pon

ds

To

be u

sed

espe

cial

ly

in th

e D

hyan

avan

am

at R

atna

giri

39

Page 40: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

LIG

HT

ING

EF

FE

CT

Sto

be

use

d a

t th

e O

riss

an B

ud

dh

ist

site

s

for

Arc

hit

ectu

re

and

for

Lan

dsc

ape

It is

rec

omm

ende

d th

at v

ario

us k

inds

of l

ight

ing

effe

cts

be in

corp

orat

ed in

to th

e La

ndsc

ape

Des

ign

of th

e B

uddh

ist

site

s. S

ome

of th

ese

are

give

n be

low

:

Do

wn

ligh

tin

gis

ligh

ting

in a

dow

nwar

d di

rect

ion

from

a s

truc

ture

to p

roje

cta

pool

of l

ight

ont

o a

surf

ace

or fe

atur

e be

low

to p

rovi

de

gene

ral i

llum

inat

ion

for

safe

ty, s

ecur

ity.

Up

ligh

tin

gfr

om b

elow

is is

a d

ram

atic

ligh

ting

effe

ct w

hich

dem

ands

atte

ntio

n as

it r

ever

ses

the

dayl

ight

per

spec

tive

of e

ven

light

from

abov

e.

Gra

zin

gis

ligh

ting

from

an

acut

e an

gle

from

a p

ositi

on c

lose

to a

sur

face

to e

mph

asis

e it'

s te

xtur

e by

cas

ting

stro

ng s

hado

w.

Was

hin

gis

an

even

cov

erag

e of

ligh

t on

a w

all t

o br

ing

out c

olou

r or

ref

lect

from

ligh

t wal

ls to

def

ine

the

spac

e an

d cr

eate

an

intim

ate

atm

osph

ere.

Silh

ou

etti

ng

is th

e cr

eatio

n of

a d

ark

outli

ne o

f an

obje

ct b

y lig

htin

g a

wal

l or

surf

ace

behi

nd it

.

Flo

od

ligh

tin

gis

the

ultim

ate

type

of a

rea

light

ing,

des

igne

d to

mim

ic th

e hi

gh p

ower

and

bla

nd s

prea

d of

day

light

.

Ste

plig

hti

ng

is a

func

tiona

l req

uire

men

t rat

her

than

a li

ghtin

g te

chni

que

and

will

be

prov

ided

by

smal

l lig

hts

set i

nto

or m

ount

ed o

n a

flank

ing

wal

l

Sp

read

ligh

tin

gis

the

use

of a

low

leve

l ste

m m

ount

ed li

ght w

ith a

hat

or

shie

ld o

n to

p to

pro

vide

a g

lare

-fre

e, u

sual

ly c

ircul

ar p

ool o

f

light

for

a pa

th, s

tep,

terr

ace

or a

rea

of lo

w p

lant

ing.

Sh

ado

win

gis

the

proj

ectio

n of

the

outli

ne o

f a p

lant

or

smal

l tre

e on

to a

wal

l beh

ind

by p

laci

ng a

spo

tligh

t in

fron

t of t

he p

lant

to s

hine

thro

ugh

folia

ge a

nd s

tem

s to

war

ds th

e w

all.

It is

an

easy

way

ofe

xagg

erat

ing

the

role

of a

sm

all t

ree

in a

new

ly p

lant

ed g

arde

n.

40

Page 41: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

The

re a

re s

ever

al v

illag

es e

n ro

ute

to th

e B

uddh

ist s

ites

of

Rat

nagi

ri, L

alitg

iri a

nd U

daya

giri

and

also

Lan

gudi

and

Dha

uli.

The

imag

es h

ere

show

the

hous

es b

uilt

by th

e in

habi

tant

s of

thes

e vi

llage

s. T

hey

use

mos

tly lo

cal b

uild

ing

mat

eria

ls a

nd

tech

nolo

gies

suc

h as

sto

ne w

alls

, sto

ne o

r tim

ber

pilla

rs o

n a

ston

e ba

se, s

lopi

ng r

oofs

mad

e ou

t of t

hatc

h.

Som

etim

es, t

here

are

als

o ho

uses

bui

lt w

ith la

terit

e st

one

and

cem

ent m

orta

r. T

here

are

RC

C ja

lis th

at u

se m

otifs

from

the

tem

ples

of t

he r

egio

n. In

crea

sing

ly, R

CC

con

stru

ctio

n is

repl

acin

g th

e V

erna

cula

r ho

uses

in O

rissa

.

It is

sug

gest

ed th

at s

ome

rese

arch

wor

k be

car

ried

out o

n

Ver

nacu

lar

arch

itect

ure

of O

rissa

in o

rder

to fu

rthe

r th

e

unde

rsta

ndin

g of

loca

l mat

eria

ls a

nd b

uild

ing

tech

nolo

gies

in

the

regi

on. T

his

will

hel

p de

velo

p th

e ap

prop

riate

arc

hite

ctur

al

lang

uage

for

all n

ew to

uris

m d

evel

opm

ent f

or th

e B

uddh

ist

circ

uit i

n O

rissa

.

Exi

stin

g b

uilt

-en

viro

nm

ent

alo

ng

the

Bu

dd

his

t T

ou

rist

Cir

cuit

41

Page 42: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Un

der

stan

din

g t

he

loca

l mat

eria

l

42

The

Her

itage

zon

es in

Khu

rda,

Jaj

pur

& C

utta

ck d

istr

icts

, whe

re th

e B

uddh

ist s

ites

are

loca

ted

have

mon

umen

ts th

at h

ave

been

bui

lt ou

t of s

tone

. Thi

s is

a m

ater

ial l

ocal

ly a

vaila

ble.

Use

of L

ater

ite s

tone

(M

anka

da p

atha

ra)

to b

e em

phas

ised

. e.g

. com

poun

d w

alls

in K

hurd

a, J

ajpu

r di

stric

ts a

re o

ften

in

late

rite

ston

e. It

mus

t be

mad

e “m

anda

tory

”to

use

late

rite

ston

e fo

r co

mpo

und

wal

ls o

f all

build

ings

. How

ever

, it i

s

impo

rtan

t tha

t the

mor

tar

join

ts o

f the

mas

onry

wor

k to

not

exc

eed

½”

in th

ickn

ess.

Kho

ndol

ite v

arie

ty o

f san

dsto

ne

(Bal

ipat

hara

)to

be

used

as

faça

de c

olum

ns, c

ladd

ing

mat

eria

l, st

eps

and

pavi

ng m

ater

ial.

A r

evis

ed b

uild

ing

code

that

spe

cifie

s he

ight

s, s

etba

cks,

win

dow

spec

ifica

tions

and

so

on m

ust b

e fo

rmul

ated

afte

r hi

ghly

skill

ed m

ason

s be

com

e av

aila

ble

in O

rissa

thro

ugh

trai

ning

pro

gram

s.

Sto

ne

det

ailin

g

Khondalite stone used

in the sculpture at the

temple at Dhauli

It is

sug

gest

ed th

at le

sson

s be

lear

nt

from

the

ston

e de

taili

ng o

f the

budd

hist

mon

aste

ries,

of l

inga

raj

tem

ple

at B

huba

nesw

ar a

nd th

e

Kon

arak

tem

ple

for

any

new

cons

truc

tion

tow

ards

tour

ism

deve

lopm

ent

Page 43: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

43

To

est

ablis

h a

n ‘I

nst

itu

te f

or

Rev

ival

of

Tra

dit

ion

al B

uild

ing

Art

s’

Thi

s is

ess

entia

l sin

ce th

e m

ost i

mpo

rtan

t res

ourc

e in

our

ver

nacu

lar

and

trad

ition

al a

rchi

tect

ure

is th

e sk

ill o

f the

build

ing

craf

tsm

an. A

Con

serv

atio

n pr

ofes

sion

al to

be

appo

inte

d to

est

ablis

h an

Inst

itute

that

will

rev

ive

the

Tra

ditio

nal B

uild

ing

Art

s of

Oris

sa.

Th

e w

ork

str

ateg

y fo

r th

e in

stit

ute

will

be

:

•T

o do

cum

ent o

ld tr

aditi

onal

bui

ldin

g ar

t for

ms

thro

ugh

a su

rvey

of b

uild

ings

of h

isto

rical

and

arc

hite

ctur

al

impo

rtan

ce

•T

o ex

tens

ivel

y ph

otog

raph

wor

k do

ne in

suc

h bu

ildin

gs. T

he c

atal

ogui

ng w

ill b

e do

ne b

uild

ing-

wis

e an

d

build

ing

art f

orm

wis

e.

•T

o lo

cate

mas

ter

craf

tsm

en o

f tra

ditio

nal b

uild

ing

art f

orm

s in

the

vario

us d

istr

icts

in O

rissa

and

to

cata

logu

e th

em in

clud

ing

thei

r ad

dres

ses

and

othe

r pa

rtic

ular

s

•T

o se

lect

old

her

itage

pre

cinc

ts a

nd b

uild

ings

whi

ch n

eed

rest

orat

ion,

rec

onst

ruct

ion,

rev

ival

etc

. and

to

mak

e th

ese

avai

labl

e to

the

Inst

itute

for

cond

uctin

g tr

aini

ng o

n ac

tual

wor

king

con

ditio

ns

•S

elec

tion

of a

rtis

ans

/ tra

inee

s fo

r re

ceiv

ing

trai

ning

and

to la

y do

wn

min

imum

edu

catio

nal o

r ex

perie

nce

stan

dard

s fo

r a

part

icul

ar a

rt fo

rm

•T

o pr

epar

e th

e cu

rric

ulum

indi

catin

g th

e pe

riod

of tr

aini

ng, t

heor

etic

al a

nd p

ract

ical

cla

sses

to b

e

cond

ucte

d an

d to

iden

tify

facu

lty fo

r im

part

ing

trai

ning

•D

ocum

ent t

he tr

aine

es s

kills

and

add

ress

es, o

n co

mpl

etio

n of

the

trai

ning

, so

that

this

tale

nt p

ool i

s

avai

labl

e fo

r be

ing

calle

d up

on w

hene

ver

wor

k is

nee

ded

to b

e ex

ecut

ed o

n a

com

mer

cial

bas

is a

nd a

lso

to p

rovi

de e

mpl

oym

ent t

o th

em, w

here

ver

poss

ible

, thr

ough

the

effo

rts

of th

e In

stitu

te

•T

o pr

epar

e fil

ms,

vid

eos,

slid

es a

nd li

tera

ture

for

use

as tr

aini

ng m

ater

ial.

Thi

s w

ill n

eed

to b

e do

ne

sepa

rate

ly fo

r ea

ch b

uild

ing

art f

orm

•B

roch

ures

and

tech

nica

l lite

ratu

re to

be

prep

ared

for

diss

emin

atio

n of

info

rmat

ion

to th

e pr

ospe

ctiv

e

cust

omer

s of

suc

h w

ork

Page 44: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Des

ign

of

Gat

eway

s

at the

po

int

of

entr

y

of

the

Bu

dd

his

t ci

rcu

it

The

Gat

eway

s w

ill b

e bu

ilt in

sto

ne

with

the

desi

gn r

efle

ctin

g sy

mbo

ls o

f

Bud

dhis

m s

uch

as th

e E

leph

ant

and

the

Lion

. The

str

uctu

re o

f the

gate

way

will

take

insp

iratio

n fr

om th

e

rock

-cut

ele

men

ts w

ithin

the

arch

aelo

gica

l site

s to

whi

ch th

ese

gate

way

s le

ad.

1

2

44

Page 45: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

En

tran

ce G

atew

ays

to t

he

site

s

45

Alt

ern

ativ

e 1

Alt

ern

ativ

e 3

Alt

ern

ativ

e 2

AT

RA

TN

AG

IRI

AT

UD

AY

AG

IRI

AT

LA

LIT

AG

IRI

Page 46: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

En

tran

ce P

laza

–ty

pic

al p

lan

s

46

It w

ill b

e un

affo

rdab

le to

sug

gest

100

% u

se o

f sto

ne

for

new

str

uctu

res

as in

the

budd

hist

site

s.

Con

cret

e bu

ildin

gs a

nd s

tone

bui

ldin

gs w

ill n

ever

blen

d. T

here

fore

, des

ign

stra

tegi

es to

be

deve

lope

d

usin

g st

one,

bric

k an

d co

ncre

te th

at b

ring

toge

ther

trad

ition

al a

nd m

oder

n m

ater

ials

& te

chno

logi

es s

uch

as s

how

n he

re in

Arc

hite

ct G

eoffr

eyB

awa’

s bu

ildin

gs

in S

ri La

nka.

The

Ent

ranc

e P

laza

s to

all

the

Bud

dhis

t site

s al

ong

the

circ

uit w

ill

typi

cally

con

sist

of a

par

king

zon

e, a

rest

aura

nt, a

sou

veni

r sh

op, p

erha

ps

a cy

ber

café

, an

info

rmat

ion

coun

ter,

toile

ts a

nd a

loun

ge a

rea.

Her

e, tw

o

alte

rnat

ives

hav

e be

en s

how

n w

hich

will

be

adap

ted

suita

bly

to th

e si

te.

Page 47: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Way

-sid

e am

enit

y

47

The

bui

lt-up

sea

ting

foun

d

at m

any

road

junc

tions

with

in o

r le

adin

g up

to a

villa

ge

in th

e O

rissa

n di

stric

ts

also

hav

e a

func

tion

sim

ilar

to a

way

-sid

e

amen

it. T

hey

act a

s

rest

ing

plac

es. S

ome

mor

e of

thes

e ne

ed to

be

plan

ned

alon

g th

e

Bud

dhis

t tou

rist c

ircui

t.

1

1

Som

e de

sign

opt

ions

for

way

side

am

eniti

es a

re

show

n he

re in

pla

n an

d

elev

atio

n.

Page 48: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Ap

pro

ach

Ro

ads

Highway leading from

Bhubaneswar to Buddhist

sites of Ratnagiri &

Udayagiri

Scenic beauty along approach roads through the villages on the way to the archaelogical sites in Jajpur & Khurda districts

Alo

ng th

e na

tiona

l hig

hway

-5, i

t is

prop

osed

that

at l

east

one

high

way

pla

za o

r pe

trol

-fill

ing

stat

ion

be p

rovi

ded.

The

layo

ut

may

be

as s

how

n he

re. S

uch

a pl

aza

will

incl

ude

a

conv

enie

nce

stor

e an

d an

ST

D k

iosk

.

48

Hig

hw

ay P

laza

It is recommended that along

the approach roads, details of

seating, of steps, of

pedestrian linkages be

detailed out in stone/ concrete

as shown here in this image

Page 49: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

3-S

tar

ho

tel a

lon

g t

he

To

uri

st C

ircu

it in

Ori

ssa

•140 double occupancy rooms

•Promenade

•Exhibition pavilions

•Shops on the ground floor

•Food Court

•Restaurant

a C

on

cep

t p

lan

fo

r th

e g

rou

nd

flo

or

Mu

seu

m o

f B

ud

dh

ism

Thi

s w

ill b

e lo

cate

d at

the

star

ting

poin

t of t

he

Circ

uit.

The

gal

lerie

s w

ithin

this

mus

eum

may

have

the

follo

win

g ex

hibi

tion

them

es :

•B

uddh

ism

then

, Bud

dhis

m n

ow

•O

ne d

ay in

the

Life

of a

Bud

dhis

t mon

k

•W

hy I

am a

Bud

dhis

t

•R

elig

ions

of t

he w

orld

•A

rcha

eolo

gy fo

r th

e co

mm

on m

an

•In

fluen

ce o

f Bud

dhis

m o

n O

rissa

n de

velo

pmen

t

•S

tone

scu

lptu

res

of O

rissa

n B

uddh

ist o

rigin

•R

epre

sent

atio

n of

Bud

dhis

t Life

in O

rissa

(th

roug

h P

aint

ings

,

etch

ings

, & d

raw

ings

)

•B

uddh

ist a

rt

•C

once

pt o

f co-

exis

tenc

e, in

terc

onne

cted

ness

& in

terd

epen

denc

e

of p

eopl

e in

the

wor

ld49

The

maj

or s

patia

l nee

ds m

ay b

e :

Gro

und

floor

–S

hops

, Dep

artm

ent s

tore

s, C

afes

, Res

taur

ants

, Can

teen

, Med

ical

shop

, Boo

ksho

p, P

osto

ffice

, Toi

lets

, Tra

vel a

gent

s an

d al

so s

tore

roo

ms,

Mai

nten

ance

cell,

circ

ulat

ion

and

Ser

vice

s. O

n th

e fir

st fl

oor,

ther

e m

ay b

ea

Bus

ines

s C

entr

e,

Con

fere

nce

hall,

Exh

ibiti

on h

all a

nd u

pper

floo

rs m

ay h

ave

the

Lodg

ing

faci

litie

s or

Roo

ms.

The

bui

ltup

area

of t

he p

ropo

sed

3-st

ar h

otel

with

150

roo

ms

has

been

take

n

as 7

0,00

0 sq

.ft.

Page 50: Orissa Buddhist Tourist Circuit

Ori

ssan

art

in t

he

To

uri

st c

ircu

it

The

tour

ist f

acili

ties

such

as

the

Orie

ntat

ion

Cen

ters

& M

useu

ms

will

be d

esig

ned

to h

arm

onis

e w

ith th

e ph

ysic

al a

nd e

nviro

nmen

tal s

ettin

g

of th

e di

stric

ts w

here

the

arch

aelo

gica

l site

s ar

e lo

cate

d. W

ithin

the

new

Bui

ldin

gs, t

he d

esig

n of

inte

riors

, fur

nitu

re, f

urni

shin

gs a

nd g

raph

ics

will

utili

ze a

nd p

ropo

gate

loca

l cra

ft tr

aditi

ons.

The

wai

ting

area

s an

d th

e tr

ansi

tion

spac

es w

ithin

the

tour

ist f

acili

ties

will

be

ador

ned

with

Oris

san

art,

both

trad

ition

al &

con

tem

pora

ry.

Som

etim

es a

clo

th p

aint

ing

depi

ctin

g Ja

gann

ath

(as

show

n be

low

) an

d

som

etim

es a

pal

m le

af m

anus

crip

t enc

ased

in a

gla

ss n

iche

will

bel

ong

to

the

wal

ls o

f the

new

arc

hite

ctur

al d

evel

opm

ent

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