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The Buddha Smriti Park has been developed by the Government of Bihar to commemorate the 2554th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha located in Patna, Bihar.This 22 acre park located in the heart of city house the pot containing holy ashes of Lord Buddha inside the main stupa - Patliputra Karuna Stupa. Previously the pot containing ashes of Buddha was for display in Patna Museum, pot was earlier excavated from Vaishali.The park will have a museum, where Buddhist relics from Japan, Myanmar, South Korea, Sri Lanka and Thailand will be installed.

Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on 27th May 2010 inaugurated Buddha Smriti Park at patna and planted two saplings one 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 Ashok's son Mahendra.The Sri Lankan delegation had brought a sapling from this tree to be planted at the Buddha Smriti Park.

The park is a brainchild of Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar.The park is also having meditation hall for prayers. The entry charge is Rs. 10 per individual be it child or an elder person and Rs.50 for Patliputra Karuna Stupa. In future it will hava a tall statue of Lord Buddha.