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Buddhist vihar in Kesariya: Making a molehill out of a mountain!
Buddhist vihar in Kesariya: Making a molehill out of a mountain!
By Ratnakar Tripathy
The biggest Buddhist Vihara at Kesaria, in Champaran
Yes, I once did manage to reverse the well-known proverb, turning a mountain into a tiny molehill.
How?
In 2008 April, I was finally able to keep a long-held promise I had made to myself years ago – I managed to visit the Buddhist site of Kesariya in east Champaran. Way back, my father had told me of this historic site barely 10 kms away from my native village and the memory had stuck in my mind. What I however expected was a pile of bricks over which you...