A delegation of Buddhist religious leaders on Sunday exchanged greetings with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on the occasion of Probarona Purnima, a religious festival of the community.
They exchanged greetings with the chief adviser at the state guest house Jamuna in Dhaka.
The Buddhist leaders described the significance of Probarona Purnima and invited Professor Yunus to visit their 鈥榁ihara鈥�, monastery.
They specifically expressed their gratitude to the chief adviser for allocating land for the cremation of Buddhists at Uttara in the capital. 鈥楢fter informing the interim government about the matter, the land for the cremation ground was allocated within 10 days. This is unique in history.鈥�
Earlier, if a Buddhist person died in Dhaka, they had to travel a long way to Chattogram for the funeral rites, they said, adding, 鈥楴ow, there is a place after death [in the capital].鈥�
The Buddhist leaders also informed Yunus about the preparations for this year鈥檚 鈥楰athin Chibor Dan鈥�, a major Buddhist festival.
They also expressed special gratitude and thanks to Religious and Chittagong Hill Tracts ministries for their continuous cooperation.
The Buddhist leaders, however, informed Yunus about their various demands, including government arrangements for pilgrimages, and the establishment of a government-funded centre for knowledge practice after the name of Buddhist scholar, religious leader and philosopher Atish Dipankar.
The Buddhist leaders鈥� delegation members included principal of Dharmarajika Buddhist Mahavihar Buddhapriya Mahathera, general secretary of the Bangladesh Buddhist Federation Bhikkhu Sunandapriya, Bhikkhu Kalyan Jyoti of the Hill Tracts Bhikkhu Sangha, vice-chair of the Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust Bhabesh Chakma, general secretary of the Bangladesh Buddhist Association Dhaka region Swapan Barua Chowdhury, secretary of the Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust Joy Dutta Barua and among the Trustees of the Buddhist Religious Welfare Trust Professor Sukomal Barua, Mong Hla Ching, Sushil Chandra Barua, Professor Bobby Barua, Rubel Barua, and Rajib Kanti Barua.
Religious affairs adviser AFM Khalid Hossain and Chittagong Hill Tracts affairs adviser Supradip Chakma were present on the occasion.
