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Pilgrims Rest in Sanchi

Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka declared open the Sanchi Vandana Niketanaya (Sanchi Pilgrims Rest) in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India yesterday.

Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Rameshwar Thakur, Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Shivaraj Singh Chauhan and Minister of Culture and Public Relations of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Laxmikant Sharma were also present at the opening ceremony.

On the guidance of President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Minister of Urban Development and Sacred Area Development Dinesh Gunawardena commemorated the 2550th anniversary of the Buddha Jayanti by laying the foundation stone for the Sanchi Pilgrims Rest.

The building has been constructed by the National Physical Planning Department at a cost of Rs. 84 million with the collaboration of the Mahabodhi Society and Chief Incumbent of the Caityagiri Vihara, Sanchi, Ven Banagala Upatissa Thera with the cooperation of the Government of India and the Public Works Department of the Government of Madhya Pradesh.

The three-storey building has an area of 1,200 m2. It includes an image chamber, a sermon hall, rooms for pilgrims, sitting room, bathrooms, a kitchen, sanitary facilities and open halls.

Meanwhile, a PTI report from Bhopal states that Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the state would allot land to Sri Lankan Government to build a Buddhist university in Sanchi.He said yesterday he has agreed to the proposal of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka to set up a university at the Buddhist tourist site.

 

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