Jajpur: The three day long international Buddhist conference
ended on Sunday at the famous Buddhist site in
Udaygiri in Jajpur district.
"The main objective of the conference was to give major
thrust to cultural tourism and explore potential related to the Buddhist
circuits in India
particularly to Odisha. . The challenge was to craft a perfect platform for
such a high profile event and to implement perfection from the beginning to the
end. It's safe to say that the event was a big success. Odisha has a rich
Buddhist heritage, with several important sites associated with the life of
Lord Buddha, which are of great interest for followers of Buddhism the world
over.
The conference was held with a view to showcasing and
projecting the Buddhist heritage of the state. The Buddhist conference
highlighted the relevance of Buddhism in today's age more than 2,000 years
after the ancient Indian King Ashoka took it upon himself to spread the message
of Lord Buddha”, said Manoranjan Patnaik the director of Tourism. Patnaik
a senior official of Archeological Survey of India (ASI), Bhubaneswar.
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