A 40 Member Sri Lankan Buddhist Delegation Arrived In Pakistan For A Religious Tour

Taxila

A 40 member Sri Lankan Buddhist Delegation including senior Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks and Scholars led by Sri Lanka's Parliamentary Speaker Karu Jayasuriya has yesterday(22) arrived in Pakistan for a week long religious tour.

The aim of this tour is to introducing the Pakistan's rich Buddhist History and reviving the heritage of Pakistan's 'Gandhara Trail" the commercial and cultural hub of UNESCO's world heritage site of "Taxila" according to reports.

During the visit the Sri Lankan Buddhist Delegation is due to visit places with some of the rarest historical Buddhist Holy Relics including Mardan,Swat,Takht-I -Bahi and Peshawar,Taxila and Lahore Museums.