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The Buddha has brought Indian and Pakistani NGOs together on a peace promotion and heritage conservation mission ahead of 11 May elections in the neighbouring country torn by religious fundamentalism. A Haryana-based movement to save Buddhist sites locally has made latest inroads in the Sindh province of Pakistan. It has brought back into focus a [...]

The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) has joined hands with the Yamunanagar-based Buddhist Forum to establish replicas of the Ashoka Rock Edicts at Topra Kalan village in Radour the district. The park would have replicas of the 14 Rock Edicts of Ashoka, which are a collection of 33 inscriptions on the [...]

Convenor INTACH, Yamunanagar Chapter gives presentation at INTACH head office at New Delhi The proposed ‘Asoka Edicts Park at Topra Kalan, Distt Yamunanagar’will now have INTACH collaborating with The Buddhist Forum. The Convenor INTACH Yamunanagar Chapter, Major  RS Bhatti along with President,’ The Buddhist Forum’ Mr Sidhartha Gauri, gave a presentation at the Head office [...]

This question came into mind what is the name of this ancient monastery, when a British born Tibetan Buddhist monk and author of book “How can catch a snake” Karma Yeshe visited the ancient Buddhist monastery of  Adi Badri. Karma Yeshe came on his tour to visit the ancient heritage Buddhist sites in district Yamauna [...]

History Repeat itself :  Dainik Bhaskar Near about 2300 years back king Asoka erected a stone pillar in this village which was dismantle by Feroz Shah Tuglaq during 13th century and it was transported to New Delhi. Presently the pillar now lies in Feroz Shah Kotla . Now people of Topra kalan are thinking in [...]

Village Revives Asoka Link: Hindustan Times, December2, 2011 TOPRA  KALAN : In a novel initiative to promote rural tourism in Topra Kalan, panchayata of about 40 villages in Yamunanagar district have decided to support a local nongovernmental organization in building Asoka Edicts Park. Yamunanagar – based The Buddhist Forum (TBF) has proposed to construct a [...]

NEW DEIHI: Topra Kalan, a village in Haryana, wants back its heritage property — the Ashoka pillar inside the Ferozshah Kotla complex that was brought to Delhi about 650 years ago. The several Ashoka pillars built during the reign of King Ashok (273 -236 BC) along with buildings, stupas and monasteries for spreading Buddhism, one [...]

Yamunanagar: A village panchayat has passed a resolution demanding return of the historic Ashokan period pillar, believed to have been taken from there by Feroz Shah Tughlak seven hundred years ago to Delhi and installed at the Feroz Shah Kotla fort. The pillar is considered rarest among Ashokan relics and it bears seven edicts. These [...]

KARNAL:In a unique initiative to reconnect itself with the forgotten legacy of Ashoka The Great, gram panchayat of a dusty village in Yamunanagar on Sunday announced to donate 2-care of village common land to build Topra historical park. The gram panchayat of Topra Kalan village passed a unanimous resolution to install a replica of the [...]

It is said  history always repeat  itself and it is going to be proved by village panchyat of Topra Kalan village.village people of topra wish to bring their ancient Asoka pillar which was taken by Feroz Shah Tughluq in 14th century A.D to New Delhi . People of this village want this pillar back which [...]