Bodh Gaya's Mahabodhi temple which is considered holiest shrines for Buddhists contemplating to set up a world class hospital and medical college with international financial aid in the holy town in Bihar, said an official said Wednesday.
"The temple management committee has decided to establish a Buddhist world hospital and medical college in Bodh Gaya with the help of Buddhist countries of southeast Asia," the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee secretary N. Dorjee has been quoted as saying.
Dorjee told IANS that it will be first such development project in Bodh Gaya that is the sole aim to serve poor and provide them best medical and health care.
"I am happy to disclose that a number of officials of embassies of Buddhist countries of southeast Asia have shown keen interest to help the proposed project in Bodh Gaya," Dorjee added.
Dorjee said that funding would not be a problem. "Most of the 22 countries of southeast Asia are going to fund the project as it would come up at Bodh Gaya," he said.
Taking a step further the committee has also approached the Gaya district administration for land and other related needs.
"We would start work on the project soon after the land is provided to us by the state government," Dorjee said.
The Mahabodhi temple was declared a World Heritage Site in June 2002 by the UNESCO. It is the place where Lord Buddha had attained enlightenment 2,500 years ago near this temple.
--with inputs from IANS
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