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Uttar Pradesh government has said that it will provide 4 to 5 acres of land free of cost to each Buddhist Monastery at Kapilvastu in Siddharthnagar district for their development.
Addressing a three day long International Buddhist Conclave at Varanasi the Tourism Secretary of the state Manoj Kumar Singh said the State tourism department owns about 100 acres of land at Kapilvastu for the purpose.
Highlighting the nature of Buddhist sites Mr. Singh said that about 10 crore trees will be planted to recreate dense forest land scape at all Buddhists sites across the state within next 2 years. Underlining the need of road connectivity to all Buddhist sites located at Sarnath, Kushinagar, Kapilvastu, Shravasti and Kaushambi he said that all roads connecting Buddhist sites will be four lanes on priority basis. He said that an International Airport will be developed very soon with Public Private Partnership at Kushinagar and above 600 acres of land has been already acquired for the airport.
AIR correspondent reports that the Conclave comes to an end this afternoon after departure of delegates to Bodhgaya in Bihar. During the technical sessions participating States including Gujarat, Punjab, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh showcased their Buddhist sites and said several steps have been taken to facilitate the visiting tourists at the sites.
Addressing a three day long International Buddhist Conclave at Varanasi the Tourism Secretary of the state Manoj Kumar Singh said the State tourism department owns about 100 acres of land at Kapilvastu for the purpose.
Highlighting the nature of Buddhist sites Mr. Singh said that about 10 crore trees will be planted to recreate dense forest land scape at all Buddhists sites across the state within next 2 years. Underlining the need of road connectivity to all Buddhist sites located at Sarnath, Kushinagar, Kapilvastu, Shravasti and Kaushambi he said that all roads connecting Buddhist sites will be four lanes on priority basis. He said that an International Airport will be developed very soon with Public Private Partnership at Kushinagar and above 600 acres of land has been already acquired for the airport.
AIR correspondent reports that the Conclave comes to an end this afternoon after departure of delegates to Bodhgaya in Bihar. During the technical sessions participating States including Gujarat, Punjab, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh showcased their Buddhist sites and said several steps have been taken to facilitate the visiting tourists at the sites.
Labels: buddha, Tourism, Uttar pradesh
In Odisha, an ancient statue of Gautam Buddha and remains of a Budhha monastery have been unearthed in Kesharaipur-Hatikhol village in the vicinity of the world famous Lalitgiri Buddhist site in Jajpur district. Noted Buddhist researcher Harischandra Prusty said, the workers came across the articles while digging land for a drain there three days ago. An idol of Buddha in meditating pose, made probably during post Gupta period, and earthen मिट्टी काitems like bowls, spoutफुहारे की भाँति छूटना jars and broken potteries were found from the spot. Mr. Prusty said, in addition to these, a monastery has been discovered on the foot of Kesharaipur-Hatikhol hill. The monastery is 30 x 30 metres in size. There are four rooms measuring 10 feet x 9 feet each.
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