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Buddha Int'l Peace Award to Japanese mayors

President Yadav confers first Buddha Int'l Peace Award to Japanese mayors on Buddha Jayanti

President Dr Ram Baran Yadav conferred the 1st Gautam Buddha International Peace Award to incumbent Mayor of Japanese city Nagasaki Tomihisa Taue and former Mayor of another Japanese city Hiroshima Tadatoshi Akiba on Tuesday.

President Yadav gave away the awards to the Japanese mayors at a function organised in Lumbini, the birthplace of Lord Buddha, on the occasion of 2555th Buddha Jayanti.

The award carries a purse of USD 50,000 and a certificate. The government established the award in order to promote world peace and tourism in Nepal coinciding with Nepal Tourism Year 2011.

Addressing the function, President Yadav expressed happiness over Nepal's long-standing friend and well-wisher Japan bagging the first Gautam Buddha International Peace Award.

He also stressed the need to end the politics of violence and hatred in the country and urged the political parties to fulfill the aspiration of the people for a new constitution and sustainable peace and development.

Also addressing the function, Vice President Parmananda Jha, Defense Minister Bishnu Poudel and Minister of Culture Khagendra Prasai highlighted Buddha's teachings that can be helpful to strengthen world peace and international friendship.

Buddha Jayanti is observed Nepal and abroad with various programmes to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of Lord Buddha.

Buddha was born as prince Siddhartha to a royal couple of Shakya dynasty in Lumbini on the full moon day of Baisakha month in 623 BC. He got enlightenment on the same date and died after eighty years on the same date.

Buddha is known worldwide for his teachings of non-violence. He left the royal luxuries at the age of 29 and went in search of truth. He got enlightened after many years of mediation in Gaya. He was named Buddha after the enlightenment.

Buddha's teachings are followed as Buddhism religion in various countries including Nepal, India, China, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Japan among other countries.

Known as the Light of Asia, Buddha is also named as a national luminary of Nepal.

Hindu mythology considers Buddha as the ninth incarnation of lord Bishnu. nepalnews.com

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