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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian peace pagoda}}<br />
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|location= Ratnagiri Hills, [[Rajgir]], [[Nalanda District]], Bihar, India<br />
|founded_by = [[Nichidatsu Fujii]]<br />
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}}'''Vishwa Shanti Stupa''' ('World Peace Stupa') is a large white [[Peace Pagoda]] in [[Rajgir]], [[Nalanda District]], Bihar, near Gitai Mandir. Statues of [[the Buddha]] are mounted on the 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|81-7023-487-5}}.</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|0-9908951-0-6}}.</ref> This was a dream of [[Nichidatsu Fujii]], 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|81-8495-247-3}}.</ref><br />
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==The Stupa==<br />
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Located on about the top of the 400 m high [[Rajgir Hills]] in the lush-green valley of Rajgir, the white stupa stands 120&nbsp;ft tall with a total diameter of 103&nbsp;ft. The stupa is studded with four gold gilded statues of Buddha, showing four important events of his life. This stupa was constructed by Mackintosh Burn Limited, a renowned PSU construction company under the Government of West Bengal.<br />
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==Portrayals in popular culture==<br />
* 1970: The song "O Mere Raja" from the Hindi film [[Johny Mera Naam]] features the stupa and the single-seat ropeway to the peak.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Siby K. Joseph, Bharat Mahodaya (eds), ''Essays in Conflict Resolution'', Institute of Gandhian Studies, 2007<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* {{Commons category-inline|Peace Pagoda, Rajgir}}<br />
* [http://www.travelnewsindia.com/bihar-tourism Bihar Tourism] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221034432/http://www.travelnewsindia.com/bihar-tourism |date=21 February 2025 }}<br />
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[[Category:Buddhist buildings and structures]]<br />
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