Work to set up World Boddh Museum and Educational Institution in Sanchi will be started soon along with direct flight service from Bhopal to Colombo Sri Lanka. These were the key decisions taken in a meeting held recently between the Minister for Adhytam of Madhya Pradesh, PC Sharma and Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka, Dinesh Gunvardhne, in Colombo.
A project on Boddh Museum and Educational Institution was presented during the meeting. Boddh philosophy, Boddh Science, Boddh Art and Culture, Boddh festivals along with the religious places of Boddh religion situated in various countries of the World, Boddh traditions, life style and art have been included in the project.
Minister Sharma informed that approval for the financial support for the project has been granted by the Foreign Minister, Gunvardhne of Sri Lanka.
Sharma further informed that a series of conducting regular cultural programmes based on public welfare, folk art and culture of Sri Lanka in India and vice versa will also be started. The Foreign Minister of Sri Lanka said that a team will be sent to Madhya Pradesh by the Sri Lankan Government to hold discussion on the proposal of starting cultural programmes, reports indiaeducationdiary.com.
The International President of Maha Bodhi Society, Bhikkhu Vangal Uptiss Nayak Thero and Additional Secretary of Madhya Pradesh, Manoj Shrivastava were also present at the meeting.
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