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Prez releases commemorative postage stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala

| | Oct 26, 2014, at 12:06 am
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IBNS) President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday released a commemorative postage stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala at Rashtrapati Bhavan here on Sunday.

Speaking on the occasion, the President said release of the commemorative postage stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala will contribute towards further strengthening the bilateral ties between India and Sri Lanka and bring the two nations closer.

He was confident that the relations between the two countries will continue to further strengthen in the coming years to the mutual benefit of our two peoples.

The President said this stamp release on one of the apostles of Buddhism, once again reminds us to work relentlessly and collectively to ensure an era of peace, stability and friendly bilateral and multilateral ties in order to create an enabling environment for the rapid socio-economic development of the people.

Mukherjee paid his humble homage to Anagarika Dharmapala on the occasion and congratulated the Department of Posts for bringing out the Commemorative Postage Stamp on Anagarika Dharmapala who worked selflessly all his life with a missionary zeal to propagate Buddhist ideals and to restore the glory of Buddhism.

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