LONDON, August 20
A three-foot-tall statue of Lord Shakyamuni Buddha will be installed at the premises of the Nepali Embassy in London as part of the Global Buddha Heritage Promotion Campaign.
The initiative has been launched by the Non-Resident Nepali Association (NRNA) International Coordination Council, in collaboration with NRNA NCC UK and the Buddha Foundation UK, to promote Nepal’s cultural, spiritual, and tourism heritage internationally.
A special ceremony for the installation will be held at 11 am on August 29, at the Nepali Embassy, 12A Kensington Palace Gardens, London. The gold-coloured seated Buddha statue will represent Nepal, Lumbini—the birthplace of the Buddha—and the messages of peace, compassion, harmony, and non-violence, according to NRNA ICC spokesperson and Tourism Promotion Committee coordinator Somanath Sapkota.
The campaign plans to install 11 Buddha statues at Nepali diplomatic missions in different countries this year. A statue is also planned at the new Nepali Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal.
Similarly, preparations are underway to install a 6.2-foot-tall, 160-kg Statue of Bodhisattva Siddhartha (Baby Buddha Statue) at The Great Stupa of Universal Compassion in Victoria, Australia.
Sapkota said the campaign aims to promote cultural diplomacy, tourism and Nepal’s international identity while highlighting Lumbini as a global destination for peace and spirituality.
