Bhutanese Prime Minister to participate in Mahabodhi Society meeting
Bodhgaya (Bihar):Leading a 27-member delegation, Jigme Thinley, the Prime Minister of Bhutan, has arrived in Bihar's Bodhgaya town
to attend the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Mahabodhi Society of India. During his three-day stay in Bodhgaya, he would participate in the one hundred
and thirteenth AGM of the organisation as the chief guest. He will also meet Bihar
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on September 26. The Society is a charitable
organisation established in 1956 with the sole objective of reviving the teachings of
Lord Buddha in the land of its origin, India. It is also dedicated to the welfare
and humanitarian services of the masses. The monastery in Bodhgaya, where Lord
Buddha is believed to have attained enlightenment, is called the Mahabodhi Temple
. Nearly two-thirds of Bhutan 's population follows Vajrayana Buddhism, which
is the state religion, and about one-quarter of the populations are Hindus.
