Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka on final day of his three-day official go to to India on Tuesday, arrived at Bodh Gaya and paid a go to to the revered Mahabodhi Temple, a world heritage website, beneath excessive safety preparations. The temple is presently organising grand prayers for world peace and welfare.
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Dissanayaka started his three-day go to to India on Sunday, his maiden overseas journey after assuming the cost because the President. Bodh Gaya is taken into account one of the crucial necessary Buddhist pilgrimage websites. He visited Bodh Gaya a day after his wide-range talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi.
Accompanied by his overseas minister Vijitha Herath, deputy finance minister Anil Jayanta and a crew of officers, Dissanayaka was warmly acquired by the pinnacle monk Bhikkhu Chalinda, Bodhgaya temple administration committee (BTMC) secretary Mahashweta Maharathi and Maha Bodhi Society of India (MBCI) common secretary Seewalie Thero.
Dissanayaka supplied flowers, fruits, lit lamps and incense to Lord Buddha in an environment of reverence amid monks chanting sacred sutras, invoking the blessing of the Buddha for the visiting President and his entourage.
The visiting President paid homage and supplied prayers at seven locations associated to Lord Buddha within the temple premises, together with Mucalinda Sarovar, Ratna Griha, Chankraman (jewel stroll), Ajapala Nigrodha Tree, Rajayatna Tree and ring the Dahrma bell in Sadhana Udyan. He supplied prayers and meditated beneath sacred Bodhi Tree, reflecting on the religious significance of the honored website.
Dissanayaka additionally visited 10-day’s Kagyu Monlam, or grand prayers, occurring beneath Bodhi Tree for world peace and lit butter lamp there. The seniormost Lama supplied him Khaada (sacred scarf). Mementoes had been introduced by district Justice of the Peace cum BTMC chairman Thiyagarajan SM, SSP Ashish Bharti and BTMC members.
The President signed the customer’s e-book expressing his profound happiness and gratitude for the chance to go to Bodh Gaya. He famous the religious significance of providing prayers in the primary sanctum and beneath the Bodhi Tree, describing it as a deeply significant expertise.
He additionally visited the MBCI’s Buddhagaya Centre and paid homage to the sacred relics of the Buddha and his two chief disciples Sariputra and Mahamogallana enshrined in the primary sanctum of the Jayasri Mahabodhi Vihara.
“The visit underscores the enduring spiritual and cultural ties between Sri Lanka and the sacred Buddhist heritage of Bodh Gaya,” BTMC member Kiran Lama mentioned.
“Our shared values and common cultural heritage are the foundation and guiding force of our ever-expanding partnership!” exterior affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal mentioned on ‘X’.
Dissanayaka categorically assured the Prime Minister Modi throughout talks on Monday that the island nation wouldn’t permit its territory for use in opposition to India’s safety pursuits. The peace of mind got here amid New Delhi expressing its considerations over China’s makes an attempt to extend army affect over Colombo.