| Buddha Jayanti Smarak Park |
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| Sprawling with lush, green, manicured lawns,
streams, sloping terrain and mammoth trees; Buddha Jayanti Smarak
Park was founded to commemorate the 2500th anniversary of Lord
Gautam Buddha's attainment of nirvana. The park covers the major
portion of the Southern Ridge and can be reached either through
the Ridge Road or Sardar Patel Marg, opposite Assam House. |
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| This park is special because a sapling of the
Bodhi Tree was brought from Sri Lanka and was planted here.
In the 3rd century BC, Emperor Ashoka's daughter took a sapling
from the original Bodhi Tree under which Buddha meditated and
obtained enlightenment at Bodhgya, in Bihar, to the island of
Sri Lanka. |
| West of Rajpath, the Buddha Jayanti Smarak Park
lies in one of the prime areas of the capital and is quite popular
with the residents of Delhi. It is full of colorful flowers,
green grasses and paved pathways. Though people of all ages
visit the park, a majority of visitors are young couples. |
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