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Projects

Running projects on Plot 1 of the campus, and the projects we plan for Plot 2.

The pagoda and a standing golden Buddha, seen from the garden

Running projects

Golden naga balustrade and the gilded spires of the World Peace Pagoda

World Peace Pagoda Analayo

The first and only Thai-style Great Pagoda in Bangladesh, inaugurated in 2017.

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The white main building of New Salban Vihara with its red-trimmed gable

New Salban Vihara and Prayer Hall

Our monastery, named after and built in the spirit of the ancient Salban Vihara next door.

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Children holding up their new books in front of the pagoda

Salban Vihara Orphanage

Food, shelter, schooling and care for 120 orphaned and destitute children.

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The two-storey Salban Vihara Guest House with a Thai-style gabled entrance

Salban Vihara Guest House

Rooms for researchers, scholars and tourists inside a secure, police-protected campus.

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Novices meditating among the brick ruins of an ancient monastery

Novice and Monks' Training and Meditation Centre

Training in Vinaya discipline, the Tripitaka and meditation for newly ordained novices and monks.

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  • Salban Vihara Library Part of the Academy on Plot 1
  • Religious School Part of the Academy on Plot 1
  • Kindergarten School Part of the Academy on Plot 1

Proposed projects

These projects are waiting for funds. Individuals and organisations are welcome to help, alone or in partnership.

Architectural rendering of the proposed five-storey Acharya Pandit Shilabhadra Hostel
Proposed

Acharya Pandit Shilabhadra Hostel

A five-storey hostel for about 100 poor, minority and indigenous students of nearby colleges and universities.

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Proposed

Co-Educational English Medium School

There is no English-medium school near the Academy. We plan one with an international curriculum.

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Proposed

Health Clinic

Primary healthcare at the doorstep of poor and marginalised families, with an ambulance for emergencies.

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Cross-shaped central shrine and monastery walls at Ananda Vihara
Proposed

Administrative Building and Archaeological Research Centre

A centre where scholars from home and abroad can research the ancient Buddhist civilisation of Cumilla.

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Bangladesh Buddhist Cultural Academy

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Buddhist religious, research, education, cultural and social-welfare organisation

A master project of the Young Men's Buddhist Association (YMBA), Cumilla

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