Wednesday 1 June 2016
38-member
delegation of Sri Lankan monks performed religious rituals for the first time
at an ancient Buddhist historical site in northwest Pakistan.
The
monks conducted rituals during Visak festival at Buddhist remains in
Takht-e-Bahi tehsil of Mardan and Hund area of Swabi districts of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa. The delegation comprising ministers and professors from different
universities of Sri Lanka and 13 pilgrims visited the Buddhist worship places. The
delegation visited the old Buddhist sacred places and offered worship there.
A
member of the delegation C M Madduma Badara said that they were very fortunate
and privileged to visit the sacred places in Pakistan. Pakistani officials said
that in future Buddhists from all over the world would be invited to visit
their sacred and worship places in Pakistan.
Later,
the delegation visited Hund Museum in Swabi and witnessed the sacred statues of
Buddhist gods. (Colombo Gazette: June 1, 2016)
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