Twentieth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities & Nations

Abstract

The Sanskrit word‘ jatra’ means movement for other place and ‘atna’ means leaving home for some other place. It is the root of Tourism in early India. Buddhist Tourism is transmitted in Tripura, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and other part of South East Asian countries through various trade routes from seven century to modern times. In that period , Buddhist Tourism was expanding from Nalanda to south western provinces of China up through trade routes of Surma-valley, Cachar –valley, Lushai hill, Maynamati hill and Boxnagar – Pilak region of Tripura. Traders, travellers and Buddhist preachers from Nalanda and Northeast part of Tripura travel this route for reaching the different parts of Barma and Hukawang Valley of China. According to the Arakan (Burma) chronicles, the King Peng used the route and established Pilak Monasteries. From Northern part of Asia, the Chinese people and different Indo-mongoloid race came from same route. So a lot of important Buddhist Monasteries likes Nalanda, Sompur, Salban and Pilak Viharas were developed in this trade route from sixth century onwards. This study considers Pilak Vihara of Tripura, a significant religious tourist centre of Northeast India which linkage India with Bangladesh and Myanmar from the seventh century to modern times. Tripura has share 856-km border with Bangladesh and six land customs stations have operated the border trade and travelling between India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar every year.