MYANMAR: Myanmar President U Thein Sein visits a temple, where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya town in Bihar province

Record ID: 1379995

  • Title: MYANMAR: Myanmar President U Thein Sein visits a temple, where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment in Bodh Gaya town in Bihar province
  • Date: 14th October 2011
  • Summary: BODH GAYA, BIHAR, INDIA (OCTOBER 12, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (ANI-NO ACCESS BBC) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) U THEIN SEIN, MYANMAR PRESIDENT, ARRIVING TO VISIT A TEMPLE WHERE LORD BUDDHA ATTAINED ENLIGHTENMENT MYANMAR OFFICIALS FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENT SEIN SEIN GOING INTO THE TEMPLE BUILDING
  • Embargoed: 28th October 2011 23:49
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  • Location: Myanmar, Myanmar
  • Country: Myanmar
  • Topics: International Relations,Politics,Religion,Religion
  • Reuters ID: LVA4RM5FVKEVZWKLCRCO64UU7BLO
  • Aspect Ratio: 4:3
  • Story Text: Myanmar President U Thein Sein on Wednesday (October 12) visited a temple in India's eastern Bihar state where Lord Buddha attained enlightenment.
    Sein, his wife and members of his delegation offered a special prayer at the Mahabodhi Temple in Bodh Gaya.
    "The organised prayer, main ceremony will begin on 24th October. Myanmar President (U Thein Sein) with the first lady visited the temple," said N Dorjee, Secretary of the Bodh Gaya Temple Management Committee.
    He then 0left for Kushi Nagar, where Buddha attained salvation, in neighbouring Uttar Pradesh province by a helicopter.
    Sein, who will be in India from October 12 to 15, is looking to douse a row with Beijing about the suspension of a dam built and financed by Chinese firms to help plug China's bulging electricity needs, potentially opening a door to closer ties with India.
    Hungry for reclusive Myanmar's natural gas reserves, timber and farm exports to feed its rapidly expanding economy, India wants to ramp up its engagement with a neighbour traditionally seen as lying within Beijing's sphere of influence.
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