Bodh Gaya to be spiritual capital of Buddhist world: PM

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that Bodh Gaya, considered the birthplace of Buddhism, would be developed as a spiritual capital of the Buddhist world
•  “We want to develop Bodh Gaya as a spiritual capital of the Buddhist world,” Modi said in his address at the concluding ceremony of a three-day international Buddhist conclave at Bodh Gaya, about 110 km from Patna 
•  “We are meeting in Bodh Gaya, a land that has distinctive place in history of mankind,” he said. Modi said he was happy and blessed to visit Bodh Gaya. “I have the honour of visting Bodh Gaya after Pandit Nehru and Atal ji.”

Modi says conflict arises when radicals force ideologies on others

• The PM said while there is no problem in practising one's religion, the potential for conflict arises when radical elements try to force their own ideologies on others
• Speaking to delegates of a Hindu-Buddhist conference at the Maha Bodhi Temple, he said  scholars of the two religions, who attended the just-concluded deliberations  in Delhi, have also promised to deepen the notion of conflict avoidance philosophy and environmental consciousness in Asia and beyond