Jestha Varna Mahavihar built with Indian assistance, inaugurated in Nepal 1hr

Lumbini [Nepal], March 23 (ANI): A Mahavihar (monastery) building, which has been built with Indian assistance, was inaugurated in Nepal’s Lalitpur on Friday amidst a grand ceremony.

Indian Embassy in Kathmandu informed in a press release that Nepal Minister of Urban Development, Dhan Bahadur Budha, and Indian Ambassador to Nepal, Naveen Srivastava, jointly inaugurated the new building of Shree Jestha Varna Mahavihar, Lalitpur.

Shree Jestha Varna Mahavihar is the cultural heritage and place of worship of Newa, which is a form of Vajrayana Buddhism practised in the region. They are considered to be the indigenous people and the creators of the historical civilization of Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley.
The project has been built under the government of India’s post-earthquake reconstruction grant in the cultural heritage sector in Nepal. The project was taken up under the post-earthquake reconstruction grant in the cultural heritage sector in Nepal.

“The Jestha Varna Mahavihar, which got damaged during the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, has now been reconstructed with the Government of India’s Grant assistance at a tendered cost of NPR 13.78 cr. The project has been implemented by Central Level Project Implementation Unit (CLPIU-Building & Housing), DUDBC, Government of Nepal,” the Indian Embassy in stated in the release

Inaugurating the newly built structure of cultural and religious significance,