Sri Lanka, Oct. 7 -- Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Mahishini Colonne visited Lucknow at the invitation of the Lord Buddha Welfare Foundation Bharat (LBWFB), engaging with scholars, students, artists and cultural institutions recently.

At the International Buddhist Research Institute (Antarashtriya Bauddh Shodh Sansthan), established by the Uttar Pradesh Government in 1985, the High Commissioner visited the Pali Education Centre and library and interacted with faculty and students, including Ven. Dr. Julampitiye Punyasara Thera, a Sri Lankan Buddhist monk who teaches Pali at the Centre. Discussions focused on the importance of Pali and Sri Lanka's historic role in preserving and transmitting the Buddhist textual tradition.

At th...