Manoj BhadraVaranasi, July 29 -- Sarnath, where Lord Buddha delivered his First Sermon and set the Wheel of Dharma in motion, once again became the centre of Buddhist reflection on Wednesday as monks, scholars and researchers from India and abroad gathered at the Mulagandha Kuti Vihara to observe Dharmachakrapravartana Divas.
The congregation comes at a significant moment for the sacred Buddhist site, which was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on July 25 after a wait of around 28 years.
A two-day international seminar on the 'Significance of Dharmachakrapravartana Divas' opened on the occasion, bringing Buddhist scholarship and contemporary discourse to one of the faith's most sacred landscapes. The seminar is being jointly org...