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Developing Lumbini As Buddhist Center
By KTM Metro Reporter
June 29, 2011: Asia Pacific Exchange and Cooperation Foundation and the government of Nepal with the assistance of China plan to build Lumbini: the birthplace of Lord Buddha in southern Nepal into a Buddhist Center. The foundation has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Nepalese government last month to jointly develop Lumbini into a Buddhist center. Buddha was born as Prince Siddhartha Gautama there about 2,600 years ago.
The foundation plans to mobilize $3 billion to build temples, an airport, a highway, hotels, convention centers and a Buddhist university in Lumbini, about 170 km southwest of Kathmandu: capital of Nepal. The foundation also plans to bring communications, water and electricity to Lumbini.
Some Indian media have been concerned with the development of Lumbini with the Chinese assistance because this will bring many Chinese to the border between Nepal and India.
