KATHMANDU: Vice President Ram Sahay Prasad Yadav inaugurated the Budhanilkantha Dharmashala (Atithi Griha) constructed under Indian support at Budhanilkantha Municipality – 03, Kathmandu on Wednesday.
According to the Embassy of India, the Dharmashala was constructed under the Indian government’s grant assistance of around 50 million rupees.
The newly built Dharmashala will serve thousands of pilgrims visiting the Budhanilkantha Temple, the highly revered cultural and religious site of Nepal.
The Embassy stated that Swami Nigamananda, Mathadhis of the Budhanilkantha Temple, lawmakers duo Gagan Kumar Thapa and Pradeep Paudel, and Guthi Sansthan Chief Dr. Shivraj Pandit and Indian Embassy’s Chargé d’affaires Prasanna Shrivastava attended the inauguration ceremony organized at Budhanilkantha, Kathmandu.
Government of India has committed to take up conservation of 28 cultural heritage sites across seven districts of Nepal.
Beside these, under post-earthquake reconstruction grant, India has supported reconstruction of 50,000 private houses in Gorkha and Nuwakot districts, reconstruction of 71 educational institutions across 8 districts and reconstruction of 132 health facilities across 10 districts of Nepal.
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