Hiuen Tsang Memorial
Deities

Hiuen Tsang Memorial

Hiuen Tsang — the Chinese pilgrim scholar

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Buddhist
Period · 7th c. CE (Xuanzang's study at Nalanda); documented by Al-Biruni (11th c.), Ibn Battuta (14th c.); decline c. 1193; excavation 19th c.; revived 2010; UNESCO 2016.

Hiuen Tsang Memorial

Tradition

Buddhist

Location

  • Nalanda, Nalanda, Bihar (25.1352°N, 85.4439°E)

Sacred Narrative

Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang, 602–664 CE) — the Chinese Buddhist monk — spent 5 years studying at Nalanda University. His Great Tang Records of the Western Regions preserved much of what we know about 7th-c. Indian geography and Buddhism. Memorial museum at Nalanda honors him.

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📖 Stories

  • Narrative of Hiuen Tsang Memorial
    Hiuen Tsang (Xuanzang, 602–664 CE) — the Chinese Buddhist monk — spent 5 years studying at Nalanda University. His **Great Tang Records of the Western Regions** preserved much of what we know about 7th-c. Indian geography and Buddhism. Memorial museum at Nalanda honors him.
    — Tradition

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites
• tradition-specific

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals

  • Annual Hiuen Tsang Memorial festival
    Seasonally · 1–10 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

  • Buddhist primary textsscriptural/oral