Ni Hao! Calcutta visits Bodhgaya, Bihar

Volunteers from the temple waiting to greet the guests from Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Master Hsin Ting, who was visiting from Malaysia, gives a lecture about the founding of the institute.

A group photo with the students and visitors.

Volunteers and children sing a welcome song as the guests arrive.

Above is a video of the children performing in Chinese for the guests from India and abroad. They sound great!

Some of Ni Hao! Calcutta's faculty was on a recent trip to Bodhgaya, Bihar along with 30 members of the local Chinese community (of Kolkata) and 100 members of Fo Guang Shan (in Taiwan & Hong Kong). While we were there we met Master Hsin Ting and the local children who were studying at the Fo Guang Shan Institute of Buddhist Studies in Bodhgaya.

The Institute at Bodhgaya provides free of cost education to local village children who otherwise lack access to it. They currently have enrolled over 40 students (who reside there) with an additional 100 coming for English and Hindi classes on the weekends. Ni Hao! Calcutta has expressed a strong interest to provide Chinese lessons for the children also, as a part of our charitable Chinese program.