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Japanese Peace Pagoda
Jalapahar, Darjeeling, India Phone: 0354 225 4102About
Peace Pagoda or Shanti Stupa in Darjeeling started building up in the year 1972 and finished in the year of 1992. This is the only one in East - Himalayas. This beautiful Stupa designed and built for the purpose of to provide a focus of peace to the people of all races and creeds in the world. The formation of Peace Pagoda was initiated by Nichidatsu Fujii, a Buddhist Monk from Japan and a founder of the Nipponzan-Myohoji Buddhist order. He was immensely inspired by Mahatma Gandhi and decided to promote non-violence and peace throughout the world and started constructing Peace Pagoda or Shanti Stupa as shrines for world peace.
