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It was built by Ghoshit, a resident and capitalist of Kaushmbi , to provide residential facility to Lord Buddha and his followers. “Besides, the team has also been assigned the task of finding local folk art which will be encouraged in due course of time. The vihar began to be called Ghoshitaram on his name.Lord Buddha came to Kaushambi in the sixth and ninth year after the attainment of his enlightenment, and stayed at the vihar during his visit and delivered several significant religious discourses.The Buddhist circuit consists of five places — Kapilvastu, Sarnath, Kaushambi Sravasti, Kushinagar and Sankisa. ALLAHABAD: Uttar Pradesh will soon develop a Kaushambi Buddha Circuit to bring it on World tourist map as the district has rich archaeological remains of Buddhist period.The state government will improve connectivity to Kaushambhi and bring it on a par with other places on the Buddhist circuit, including Sarnath, Kushinagar, Shravasti and Kapilvastu A four-member team of World Bank (WB) will submit a master plan in this regard to the state tourism department by June end. However, they skip Kaushambi and Sankisha in Farrukhabad due to poor connectivity, accommodation, security and guidance.They pointed out that archaeological sites in Kaushambi, located between village panchayats of Kausham Khiraj and Kausham Inam in Manjhanpur tehsil, have major Buddhist attractions like the ruins of Ghoshitaram Vihar, Ashokan Pillar, Shyen Chiti, the ruins of ancient fort, Digambar Jain temple and Pabhosa-Prabhash Giri.The Ghoshitaram Vihar is mentioned in Buddhist literature..