Global celebration of Buddhist heritage gonna start

Hyderabad, February 22: The Telangana tourism department is all set to hold a two-day a grand international conference on 'Global celebration of Buddhist heritage in Telangana 2017' on February 23 and 24.

The Telangana chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will inaugurate the event, which will be attended by international delegates from 16 countries such as Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, USA and Vietnam among many others and 171 delegates from across India.



Addressing the media persons at a press conference on Tuesday, Telangana minister for tourism A Chandulal said the event is aimed to promote the Buddhavanam project.

"The event will attract several tourists from across the world.Apart from the Buddhavanam project, the Telangana government is keen on developing a Buddhist circuit by including Buddhist centers across the state," said Chandulal.

The Buddhavanam project is being taken up at Nagarjuna Sagar by the Central government, under which a great monument including museum, auditorium and meditation center is being built. The dome of the monument will have different types of Buddha sculptures.

"As part of this, Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation is also expediting the project which is also a theme park destination. It will focus on the Buddhist heritage of the state. It is nearing completion in the next six months," said Christina Z Chongthu, Telangana State Tourism Development Corporation MD, hoping that the event will place Telangana prominently in the Buddhist circuit.