Patna, Oct. 25 -- The World Peace Pagoda at Rajgir symbolises the spiritual friendship between India and Japan and their shared commitment to world peace, Bihar Rural Development and Information and Public Relations Minister Shrawan Kumar said.
Addressing a function on Sunday marking the 57th foundation day of the World Peace Pagoda, Kumar said the monument conveyed a universal message of peace and non-violence.
He said revered Japanese Buddhist monk Fuji Guruji had conceived the idea of the pagoda to spread the message of peace and non-violence across the world. Guruji believed that love was the answer to war, compassion to hatred, and non-violence to violence. With this vision, he chose Ratnagiri Hill in Rajgir for the monument, Kumar a...