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{{Short description|Monastery in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox religious building
| name = South India Buddha Vihar
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| image = Statue of Gautam Buddha at South India Buddha Vihar, Perambur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, in India.jpg
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| caption = South India Buddha Vihar, [[Perambur]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| religious_affiliation = [[Buddhism]]
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| functional_status = Functioning
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| location = Perambur
| locale = Bunder Garden Main Street
| municipality = [[Greater Chennai Corporation]]
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| state = Tamil Nadu
| country = {{flag|India}}
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| map_caption = South India Buddha Vihar, [[Perambur]], [[Chennai]]
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| established = 1906 and rebuilt - 14 January 2018<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dalithistorymonth.medium.com/celebrating-dalit-history-the-southern-india-buddhist-vihar-a-community-revival-d2dacaafe211 | title=Celebrating Dalit History: The Southern India Buddhist Vihar — A Community Revival | date=18 April 2018 }}</ref>
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'''South India Buddha Vihar''' is a [[monastery]] situated at [[Perambur]], in [[Chennai]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news |author=Bharathy Singaravel, Binu Karunakaran |date=11 October 2023 |title=Why a statue of Ashoka is on a long yatra to Ambedkar's Dheekshabhoomi |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/why-a-statue-of-ashoka-is-on-a-long-yatra-to-ambedkars-dheekshabhoomi |access-date=20 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2018 |title=Home - South India Buddha Vihar |url=https://buddhavihar.in/ |access-date=20 October 2024 |website=buddhavihar.in |language=en-US}}</ref>

This is also called as 'South India Buddhist Vihara'.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Anisha Sheth |date=25 October 2023 |title=A small community of Buddhists in Dravidian land hopes to usher in a social revolution |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/a-small-community-of-buddhists-in-dravidian-land-hopes-to-usher-in-a-social-revolution |access-date=20 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

== History ==
This monastery was built in 1906 by South India Buddhist Association.<ref>{{Cite book |author=D. C. Ahir |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o4UEAAAAYAAJ&q=south%2520india%2520buddha%2520vihar,%2520perambur |title=A Panorama of Indian Buddhism: Selections from the Maha Bodhi Journal, 1892-1992 |date=1995 |publisher=Sri Satguru Publications |isbn=978-81-7030-462-3 |language=en}}</ref> and reconstructed and open to public on 14 January 2018 by the Buddhist monks from Burma, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Thailand and the members of the South India Buddhist Association. The monastery has an idol of 6 ft. high Buddha sitting in a meditation posture. To propagate the Buddhism in the city, is the principles of the monastery.<ref>{{Cite web |author=migrator |date=16 October 2018 |title=Buddhist monastery opens in Perambur |url=https://www.dtnext.in/city/2018/01/15/buddhist-monastery-opens-in-perambur |access-date=20 October 2024 |website=www.dtnext.in |language=en}}</ref>

== Location ==
This monastery is located with the [[Geographic coordinate system|coordinates]] of ({{coord|13.110315|N|80.241668|E}}) at Perambur, Chennai.<ref>{{Cite book |author=Rāmacandra Kshīrasāgara |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx218EFVU8MC&q=south%2520india%2520buddha%2520vihar%252C%2520perambur&pg=PA235 |title=Dalit Movement in India and Its Leaders, 1857-1956 |date=1994 |publisher=M.D. Publications Pvt. Ltd. |isbn=978-81-85880-43-3 |language=en}}</ref>

{{Location map many | India Chennai
| width = 200
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| label1 = South India Buddha Vihar, Perambur
| pos1 = left
| bg1 = pink
| label1_width = 8
| mark1size = 6
| coordinates1 = {{coord|13.110315|N|80.241668|E}}
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== References ==
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== External links ==
[https://buddhavihar.in/]

[[Category:Colossal Buddha statues in India]]
[[Category:Buddha statues in India]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Chennai]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Chennai]]
[[Category:Buddhist temples in Tamil Nadu]]

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