by Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey, TNN, Jun 20, 2015
KOLKATA, India -- On Monday, Buddhists from the world over will be in Kolkata to celebrate 150 years of Kripasaran Mahasthavir, who revived Buddhism in the east, with Kolkata as the hub of his activities.
A Chittagong native, he became a monk at 21 and came to Kolkata on way to Bodh Gaya. He was shocked to see the condition of Bodh Gaya and other viharas here and that the Buddhist population in Kolkata had dwindled to a few hundred.
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