New Delhi/Jammu, April 2 (Scoop News) – The spiritual leader of the Tibetan people ,Dalai Lama today inaugurated three-day photo exhibition on Buddhist monastery Ambaran organized by noted Tibet expert and journalist Vijay Kranti and his son Akshat Kranti at Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi.
Dalai Lama spent about 20 minutes at the exhibition. Vijay Kranti and his son Akshat had spent considerable time in Akhnoor in
Ambaran is gradually attracting wide notice as an ancient Buddhist site the first of its kind excavated in the
Akhnoor is also the only Harappan site found so far in
Dalai Lama evinced keen interest in photographs and made pointed queries to Dr B.R. Mani, Joint Director-General of the Archaeological Survey of India and Vijay Kranti, who is also his biographer.
To a question about the estimated time of existence of the Buddhist site at Ambaran, he was informed that it was between “first century BC and third century BC”. Kranti explained that the timing showed that Buddhism may have existed in
Dr Mani, who is presently posted in
. Kranti announced that a similar exhibition at a larger scale would be held soon in
The three-day exhibition is becoming a big draw. People from different walks of life are visiting it. Among those who had turned up included Balbir Punj, Bharatiya Janata Party member of the Rajya Sabha and a good number of senior bureaucrats and Buddhist scholars.
Impressed by a historic photo exhibition on Ambaran, Dalai Lama also appreciated the work being done by Madan Lal Sharma, Lok Sabha member from Jammu and his brother and Sham Lal Sharma,Health Minister, for developing Amabaran, an ancient Buddhist site in Akhnoor tehsil in Jammu
Spritual leader also accepted an invitation extended by MP to visit Akhnoor.
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