Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science and Technology

University

Case Study on: Kotila Mura in Comilla

Development of cultural Eco-tourism product

In Gopalganj

Course Code: THM

Submitted to:

Department of Tourism and

Hospitality Management
Faculty of Business Studies
BSMRSTU

Submitted by:
Minajul Islam 17THM038
Mim
Md Bahadur 17THM033
Hossain
 Kotila Mura

Kutila Mura stupas stand majestically on top of the highest mound in the northeastern part of
the Lalmai ridge near ananda vihara. The stupas are among the best preserved and most
attractive monuments in mainamati. In form and style, they differ from those of shalvan
vihara and other sites. They represent the traditional style, while Shalvan Vihara and others
reveal an evolved style.

Tri-ratna Stupa, Kutila Mura, Comilla

The three main stupas here, standing north south in a row, apparently symbolise the 'three
jewels' of Buddhism (tri-ratna): Buddha (knowledge), Dharma (morality) and Sanggha
(discipline). The foundation of the middle stupa was laid in the form of a Dharma-chakra, its
hub being represented by a deep shaft, while the spokes were formed by eight box-chambers
where innumerable tiny terracotta and clay votive stupas and sealing were enshrined together
with large pieces of a class of fine Buddhist sculptures in soft grey shale. The foundation
shafts of other stupas also contained similar relics, but no sculptures.

Evidence from the excavations suggests 7th century as the probable date of the earliest of
these monuments; the latest perhaps dates to13th century AD, as indicated by an Abbasid
gold coin recovered from an upper level of the site. Five ancient epigraphic records
discovered in the Mainamati area refer to two Ratna-traya shrines in devaparvata. It may
reasonably be inferred that the Kutila Mura establishment was one of them.
Kotila Mura is an important Buddhist site in Bangladesh, one of fifty such sites amongst the
Mainimati ruins.

Made up of three stupas, Kotila Mura is believed to have been in use from the seventh to the
thirteenth centuries. Of these three Buddhist shrines, each represents one of the Three Jewels
of Buddhism, being Dharma, Sangha and Buddha