Release Function of a Postage Stamp Commemorating Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala, the Great Buddhist Thinker and Visionary from Sri Lanka.

Minister for Communications & IT and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad Spoke at the Release Function of a Postage Stamp Commemorating Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala, the Great Buddhist Thinker and Visionary from Sri Lanka.

Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications & IT has brought out a Commemorating Postage Stamp on Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala, the great Buddhist thinker and visionary from Sri Lanka. The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee released the commemorative postage stamp at a function attended by the Minister for Communications & IT and Law & Justice, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, the High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India, Member of Parliament Ms. Meenakshi Lekhi, Foreign Secretary, Secretary, Department of Post and other distinguished guests and dignitaries at Rashtrapati Bhavan today. Speaking on the occasion, the President stated that historically, India and Sri Lanka have remained natural allies and stamp release to commemorate the achievements of one of the apostles of Buddhism, Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala, will further add depth to the cultural ties between the two nations. In his address, the Minister for Communications & IT and Law & Justice Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad recalled that he was present in Sri Lanka on the occasion of issue of Commemorative Postage Stamp on the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda by the Government of Sri Lanka, where an official of Sri Lankan government had shared the idea of a postage stamp on Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala. It is a pleasant coincidence that today this idea has taken the shape of reality and he has the privilege of being the Minister for the Department of Posts which is issuing Commemorative Postage Stamp on Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala. The Minister highlighted that Swami Vivekanand and Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala together represented the two great religions at the World Parliament of Religions held at Chicago in 1893. The honour extended to Swami Vivekanand by Government of Sri Lanka and reciprocal gesture extended by the Government of India by honouring Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala this year by Government of India shall take forward the illustrious legacy of collective wisdom and shared responsibility between India and Sri Lanka and shall continue to guide the entire Asia.