Atish Dipankar (Skt. Atisha Dipamkara; 980–1053) was a widely known Buddhist master, scholar, and philosopher. He was born in Vajrayogini Village in the historic region of Vikrampur, in the present-day Munshiganj District of Bangladesh. Due to his remarkable contribution to Buddhism in the Tibetan region, he is highly venerated and respected throughout Asia, and especially in Tibet. Illness and the unfavorable weather conditions of the Himalayan region having prevented him from returning home to Bangladesh, he died in Tibet at the age of 73, and due to political changes and N rule in Bengal until the middle of the 18th century, was until quite recently forgotten in the land of his birthplace as well as on the Indian subcontinent. The majority of his ashes and some personal belongings are preserved at Nyetang in Tibet to this day.
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