The government has invited the Dalai Lama to visit theBuddhavanam projectatNagarjunasagar.
Laxmaiah briefed about the Buddhavanam project, a unique Buddhist heritage theme park, first of its kind in India, developed in an extent of 274 acres showcasing the events from the life of the Buddha, his previous lives( Jataka Stories) in bronze and stone, including a 100-foot-tall and 200 feet in diameter encased with more than 1,200 sculptural panels and 13 miniature stupas of India and south-east Asian countries to preserve and propagate Buddhas teachings and Buddhist culture.