New Delhi: As reported earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President of Mongolia Khaltmaagin, who is on a five-day visit to India jointly unveiled Lord Buddha statue at Gandan Monastery in Mongolia via video-conferencing.
The statue is a symbol of India-Mongolia spiritual partnership and shared Buddhist heritage.
In 2015, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Mongolia, both the countries had reached a strategic partnership and it has considerable progress during the last few years.
Prime Minister had offered prayers at the Gandan Tegchenling Monastery during his visit to Mongolia in 2015 and had announced to gift a statue of Lord Buddha to the monastery, underlining the common Buddhist heritage and civilizational links between our two countries and peoples.
