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{{Short description|Park in Patna, India}}
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| location = [[Frazer Road]], [[Patna]], [[India]]
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|operator = [[Bihar Urban Infrastructure Development Corporation]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/sobriety-first-buddhist-conclave-220056757.html | title=Sobriety first for Buddhist conclave | publisher=Yahoo News | work=telegraphindia.com | date=4 January 2013 | accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref>
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'''Buddha Smriti Park''' is also known as '''Buddha Memorial Park''' (as translated in English) is an [[urban park]] located on [[Frazer Road]] near [[Patna Junction]] in [[Patna, India]].<ref name="DECCEN">{{cite web | url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/71854/content/214735/F | title=Dalai Lama inaugurates Patna's Buddha Smriti Park | work=Deccen Herald| date=27 May 2010 | accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> This park has been designed by [[Vikram Lall]]<ref>{{Cite web|agency=Press Trust of India|date=2017-05-09|title=Art and culture reduced to a spectacle: Performing artistes|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Commoner/2017-05-08/Art-and-culture-reduced-to-a-spectacle-Performing-artistes/298574|access-date=2020-06-03|website=www.thehansindia.com|language=en}}</ref> and developed by the [[Bihar Government]]<ref>[http://urban.bih.nic.in/Docs/UD-BP-7.pdf Urban Development & Housing Dept Buddha Smriti Park] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606073849/http://urban.bih.nic.in/Docs/UD-BP-7.pdf |date=6 June 2016 }} Bihar Urban</ref> to commemorate the 2554th birth anniversary of the [[Buddha]]. This park was inaugurated by the 14th [[Dalai Lama]].<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/dalai-lama-inaugurates-buddha-smriti-park-in-patna/article439371.ece Dalai Lama inaugurates Buddha Smriti Park in Patna] The Hindu. Retrieved 27 May 2010</ref>

==Overview==
The park has been constructed at the place where once the historical [[Bankipur Central Jail]] of [[United Kingdom|British]] era existed. After a new central jail was built at Beur on the outskirts of [[Patna]], the old jail become redundant.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Patna-has-lost-its-charm/articleshow/13016546.cms | title=Patna has lost its charm | work=The Times of India| publisher=B K Mishra, TNN | date=6 May 2012 | accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> The park is a brainchild of the Chief Minister of [[Bihar]], [[Nitish Kumar]]. Tibetan spiritual leader, [[Dalai Lama]], on 27 May 2010 inaugurated Buddha Smriti Park<ref name="lama">{{cite web | url=http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/541-dalai-lama-inaugurates-buddha-park | title=Dalai Lama Inaugurates Buddha Park | publisher=dalailama.com | date=28 May 2010 | accessdate=19 March 2015 | archive-date=4 August 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160804074408/http://dalailama.com/news/post/541-dalai-lama-inaugurates-buddha-park | url-status=dead }}</ref> and planted two saplings one was brought from [[Bodh Gaya]] and the other from [[Anuradhapura]] in [[Sri Lanka]] of the sacred Bodhi tree. A branch of the original Mahabodhi tree at Bodh Gaya is believed to have been taken to Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka by Emperor [[Ashoka]]'s son Mahendra. The Sri Lankan delegation had brought a sapling from this tree to be planted at the Buddha Smriti Park.<ref name="lama" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130419045606/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-11-16/patna/28251450_1_sapling-buddha-smriti-park-patna-airport Sacred tree sapling planted at Patna s Buddha park] The Times of India. Retrieved 16 Nov 2010</ref>

The central attraction of this park is the stupa, known as Patliputra Karuna Stupa, 200 feet high, situated in the middle of the park.<ref name="times">{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/High-end-star-hotel-behind-Patnas-Buddha-memorial-park-mooted/articleshow/18833465.cms | title=High end star hotel behind Patna's Buddha memorial park mooted | work=The Times of India| publisher=Pranava Kumar Chaudhary, TNN | date=6 March 2013 | accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> This 22-acre park located in the heart of city house the pot containing holy ashes of Buddha inside the main stupa. Previously the pot containing ashes of Buddha was for display in [[Patna Museum]], pot was earlier excavated from [[Vaishali (ancient city)|Vaishali]]. The park has a museum,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Rs-25-cr-Buddha-museum-opened/articleshow/22568405.cms | title=Rs 25-cr Buddha museum opened | work=The Times of India| date=14 September 2013 | accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref> where Buddhist relics from [[Japan]], [[Myanmar]], [[South Korea]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Thailand]] have been installed.

The park is also having meditation hall for prayers.<ref name="times" /> The entry charge is {{INR}}20 per individual be it child or an elder person. It now has a tall statue of Buddha.

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===Laser show===

There is a laser show in the park in the evenings. The show is related to the history of Bihar from the time of Ramayana to post Independence.

===Meditation centre===
The Meditation Centre has been developed to create a unique facility dedicated to the derived from plan of the monasteries in the ancient [[Mahavihara]] of [[Nalanda]]. It consists of a total of 60 air conditioned cells, each having a view of the Stupa enshrining the sacred relics of Sakyamuni Buddha. Its library has books on Buddhism along with a large Audio-Visual Hall. The Hall has been designed to be used by the groups visiting the park.

===Smriti Bagh (Park of Memories)===
The park of memories is a landscaped open space which have votive stupas from countries across the world, each designed in the architectural pattern representative of the specific country. The park symbolically represents the dispersion of [[Buddhism]] from Bihar to various regions of the world. It has a seating capacity of around 5000 people.<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web | url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120720/jsp/bihar/story_15750948.jsp#.VQsQTNKUdH4 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730062615/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120720/jsp/bihar/story_15750948.jsp#.VQsQTNKUdH4 | url-status=dead | archive-date=30 July 2012 | title=Laser lessons on Buddha at park | work=The Telegraph| date=20 July 2012 | accessdate=19 March 2015}}</ref>

===Museum===
The museum building impersonates the free flowing natural form of the Buddhist Cave Monasteries of India that evolved from the earliest examples of Barabar Caves found in Bihar. The museum will showcase the life and times of Buddha through original artefacts, 3-D models, audio — visual medium and multimedia presentations.

===Stupa===
The stupa enshrining the holy relics of the Sakyamuni Buddha, is the focal point of the Buddha Smriti Park. Ambulatory paths around the stupa for parikrama have been provided at three levels that lead to the highest level of the building. The relics are enshrined within the secure glass structure of the stupa and is accessible for viewing. Holy relics from Japan, Myanmar, South Korea, Thailand, Sri Lanka and Tibet can be seen here.

===Bodhi trees===
The park has saplings of holy [[Ficus religiosa|Bodhi trees]] which have been received from Mahameghavana Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka and [[Bodh Gaya]], India.

==See also==
* [[Cetiya]]
* [[Relics associated with Buddha]]
* [[Global Vipassana Pagoda]]
* [[Buddha Samyak Darshan Museum and Memorial Stupa]]
* [[Eco Park, Patna|Eco Park]]
* [[Bihar Museum]]
* [[Prakash Punj]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20130806022031/http://buddha-smriti-park.com/}} Archived 6 August 2013.

{{Patna}}
{{Tourist attractions in Patna}}

[[Category:Parks in Patna]]
[[Category:Stupas in India]]
[[Category:Urban public parks]]
[[Category:2010 establishments in Bihar]]
[[Category:Nitish Kumar]]

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