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'''Vishwa Shanti Stupa''' ({{lang-en|1= World Peace Stupa}}) is a large white stupa in [[Rajgir]], [[Nalanda District]], [[Bihar]], near Gitai Mandir. Statues of [[the Buddha]] are mounted on stupa in four directions. It also has a small [[Buddhist temples in Japan|Japanese Buddhist temple]] with a large park. There is a temple near the stupa where prayers are conducted for universal peace. The initial pagoda was completed in 1969. New initiatives in 1993 <ref>M. V. Kamath, ''Gandhi's Coolie: Life & Times of Ramkrishna Bajaj'', p. 354, Allied Publishers, 1988 {{ISBN|8170234875}}.</ref> resulted in the present form. It is one of around 80 Peace Pagodas which have been built around the world by the neo-Buddhist organisation Nipponzan Myohoji.<ref>J.A. Kempf, ''Silicon Valley Monk: From Metaphysics to Reality on the Buddhist Path'', Dharma Gates Publishing, 2014 {{ISBN|0990895106}}.</ref> These were a dream of Fujii Nichidatsu, inspired by [[Mohandas K. Gandhi]], as a reaction to the [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|atomic bombing of Japan]], the first, and more well known Vishwa Shanti stupa, being built on Ratnagiri Hill in [[Rajgir]].<ref>Aruna Deshpande, ''Buddhist India Rediscovered'', Jaico Publishing House, 2013 {{ISBN|8184952473}}.</ref><br />
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|location= Ratnagiri Hills, [[Rajgir]], [[Nalanda District]], [[Bihar]], [[India]]<br />
|founded_by = Michidatsu Fujii<br />
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==The Stupa==<br />
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Located on about the top of 400 m high [[Rajgir Hills|Ratnagiri Hills]] in the lush-green valley of Rajgir, the magnificent white stupa stands 120 ft tall with a total diameter of 103 ft. The stupa is studded with four gold gilded majestic statues of Buddha, showing four important events of his life.<br />
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== Reference ==<br />
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* Siby K. Joseph, Bharat Mahodaya (eds), ''Essays in Conflict Resolution'', Institute of Gandhian Studies, 2007.<br />
== External links ==<br />
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* [http://www.travelnewsindia.com/bihar-tourism Bihar Tourism]<br />
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