PM gifts Bodhi tree sapling to Nepal

November 25, 2014 20:52

As a symbol of shared Buddhist heritage, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today gifted a sacred Bodhi tree sapling to be planted in Lumbini, the birthplace of the Lord Buddha.

"I have brought a sapling from Bodh Gaya which will be planted by our Ambassador in Lumbini," Modi said while inaugurating a trauma centre built by India at Kathmandu's Bir Hospital.

The sapling would be planted on the premises of Maya Devi temple in Lumbini on November 28.

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