Monday, February 5, 2018
As part of the ongoing Buddhist Heritage Festival held in Vijayawada, yesterday, the Andhra Pradesh Tourism Authority endeavoured for a world record via a collective chant led by senior monks for world peace and harmony.
Senior monks representing three rafts of Buddhism — Theravat, Mahayana and Vajrayana — were invited on to the dais to lead the chants, while the organizers facilitated live streaming of the prayers and appealed to people across the country and outside to log onto the website and join the chant seeking peace and harmony across the world.
The state Irrigation Minister Devineni Umamaheswara Rao said that it was a proud moment for Amaravati, the capital of Andhra Pradesh, to host this heritage festival which is a perfect platform to pray for world peace. Andhra Pradesh boasts of a treasure of Buddhist relics. Referring to the Buddhist heritage sites spread across the state, the minister said that Buddhism had flourished on this land. He also referred to Acharya Nagarjuna, a close disciple of the Buddha.
The Minister, along with Chief Secretary Dinesh Kumar, Andhra Pradesh Tourism Corporation Chairman Jairami Reddy and State Tourism Authority CEO Himanshu Shukla, attended the event.
Mr. Dinesh Kumar expressed his gratitude to the Buddhist monks who had come to the city from different places to be a part of the congregation seeking world peace. There were also various cultural troupes presenting colourful shows as part of the event.
The global peace chants were followed by a brilliant presentation of a ‘yak dance’ by artists of Arunachal Pradesh. Later, the artists were bestowed mementoes by the dignitaries.
The three-day event is all about spiritual sermons, insightful discussions and cultural programmes. There were several artists from Maharashtra, Delhi, West Bengal and north-eastern States to entertain the crowd who came to get a peek into the fascinating layers of Buddhist heritage.
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