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In 1951, the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara (New Nalanda Mahavihara), a modern centre for Pali and Buddhism in the spirit of the ancient institution, was founded by the Government of Bihar near Nalanda's ruins at the suggestion of Rajendra Prasad, India's first president. [126] It was deemed to be a university in 2006. [127]
Nalanda Gedige is designed on the lines of a Hindu temple with a mandapa, an entrance hall (originally roofed), a short passage to a bare cello, and an ambulatory round the holy centre. A limited number of the original Hindu deity statuettes exist within the temple, however, a statue of the God Kubera appears on the south side of the tympanum ...
After this visit Kashyap offered to teach Pāli at Gaya College and at Nalanda College in Bihar-Sharif. Later, when the Bihar state government decided to start an institute for Pāli studies at Nalanda, he was the obvious choice to head the project. In 1951 the institute became the Nava Nalanda Mahavihara.
Nalanda district is one of the thirty-eight districts of the state of Bihar in India. Bihar Sharif is the administrative headquarters of this district. The districts is home to the ancient Nalanda Mahavihara a UNESCO World Heritage Site .
Nalanda University was established to emulate the ancient Buddhist university of Nalanda (Nalanda mahavihara), which functioned between the 5th and 13th centuries.The idea to resurrect Nalanda University was endorsed in 2007 at the 2nd East Asia Summit by the sixteen member countries. [27]
The present campus of the Mahavihara is some 100 km from the metropolis of Patna, situated on the southern bank of the historical lake Indrapuskarani. The ruins of the ancient University of Nalanda lie close to the northern bank. During India's first Global Buddhist Conference in 2021, the Dalai Lama inaugurated two new buildings at the University.
According to Tibetan sources, five great Mahaviharas stood out: Vikramashila, the premier university of the era; Nalanda, past its prime but still illustrious, Somapura, Odantapura, and Jagaddala. [5] The five monasteries formed a network; "all of them were under state supervision" and there existed "a system of co-ordination among them.
Nalanda was an acclaimed Mahavihara, a large Buddhist monastery in ancient Magadha (modern-day Bihar), India. Nalanda may also refer to: Nalanda district, an administrative district of Bihar, India; Nalanda (Lok Sabha constituency), a Lok Sabha constituency; Nalanda Gedige, an ancient temple in Sri Lanka; Nalanda, a village in Matale District ...