Cultural connect: India gifts Bhutan statue of Buddha on Guru Rinpoche's birth anniversary

The statue as part of the cultural connection is being given by the Indian council of cultural relations of ICCR to Bhutan.

New Delhi: India has gifted a statue of Buddha to Bhutan on the birth anniversary of Guru Rinpoche, considered as the second Buddha. Born in 8th century India, Guru Rinpoche also known as Guru Padmasambhava was responsible for spreading Buddhism to Tibet, Bhutan and other parts of Asia. The statue as part of the cultural connection is being given by the Indian council of cultural relations of ICCR to Bhutan. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, President of ICCR at the virtual occasion organised by ICCR and the Indian embassy in Bhutan said that the statue," symbolises not just our age-old cultural ties, but also our shared commitment to the values that Buddha taught us" and the "relationship between Bharat and Bhutan is laced with cultural bondage since time immemorial...what was destroyed in Nalanda and other similar places are the assets saved by your monasteries, stupas..we owe a lot to our friends in Bhutan"