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Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa inaugurates
university at Sanchi
Friday September 21, 2012 10:28:08 PM,
IANS
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Bhopal: Sri Lankan
President Mahinda Rajapaksa Friday laid the foundation stone of a
Buddhist university in Sanchi and called for tolerance and
understanding in the world, saying it was of great relevance in
view of the violence sparked due to religious causes.
The Sri Lankan president's visit to Sanchi came even as MDMK chief
Vaiko and around 750 of his party workers were arrested for
protesting against the visit.
Rajapaksa, after laying the foundation stone of the 'Sanchi
University of Buddhist and Indic Studies', said: "I think the
message of tolerance and understanding is of great relevance
today, as we see the tragic results of enmity and hatred towards
other faiths leading to violence and destruction, and great loss
to societies."
"This message of tolerance is of equal importance in the East and
West alike," he said.
Vaiko was arrested for violating prohibitory orders at a village
in Chhindwara district, about 370 km from the state capital on
Friday. MDMK activists also burnt an effigy of Rajapaksa and
staged a black flag demonstration outside a guest house where they
had been detained.
Vaiko and his workers of his Tamil party were arrested on the
Maharashtra-Madhya Pradesh border while proceeding on a march to
Sanchi, about 45 km from Bhopal.
In his address, Rajapaksa hailed Mahatma Gandhi as the greatest
son of modern India and said people have a duty to spread the
message of non-violence, peace and compassion to the world which
is "trapped in material-based progress".
He said the University, which is aimed at promoting mutual
relationships between Asian countries, would help to revive
Buddhist and Indic studies based on the ancient concepts of
teaching, self enquiry and traditional knowledge.
"We believe it will seek ways and means to revive the traditional
concepts of social responsibility," Rajapaksa said, adding that it
"seeks to follow the unique path of higher education based on
classical Indian universities like Takshila and Nalanda".
Earlier, Rajapaksa, along with Bhutan Prime Minister Jigme Thinley
visited Sanchi Stupa.
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