India hopes the walk will energise the country’s Buddhist pilgrimage route. Read more at straitstimes.com.
NEW DELHI – A group of 108 South Korean Buddhist pilgrims is weaving its way through India, walking in the footsteps of Buddha.
Since starting their walk on Feb 9 in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh from the Dhamek Stupa, where Buddha gave his first sermon after enlightenment, the pilgrims –Accompanied by police and vehicles carrying their tents and food, the pilgrims are from the Sangwol Society in South Korea, which is one of the East Asian nation’s largest Buddhist societies.
“This is the first of its kind. A unique people-to-people contact,” said South Korean Ambassador to India Chang Jae-bok. Pilgrims will pray for world peace on Tuesday in front of the bodhi tree, a sacred fig tree and descendant of the tree under where Buddha got enlightenment, at Mahabodhi Temple. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO FILE
“The stakeholders like us have been saying that there should be regular flights to Gaya from Bhutan, Nepal, Singapore, Japan, South Korea,” he said.
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