Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s2.t1.8

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Presently, Lumbini has once again gained the fame as one of the holiest Buddhist pilgrim sites. Its renovation and development tasks are being carried out under the UNESCO's World Heritage schemes and the Lumbini Development Trust. In 2006, the Nepal Government established the Lumbini Buddhist University there. A large Peace Park has been developed with Chinese help. There are also plans to have temples of different sects of Buddhism from various Buddhist countries be built there. With increase in pilgrim tourists world-calls hotels and restaurants are developing. A China-based Asia Pacific Exchange Cooperation Foundation has reported to have signed a deal to invest $3 billion to develop Lumbini. Similar proposals are also afoot from other countries. Lumbini has thus woken up.