December 16,2011

A group of 28 people who participated in World Buddhist Congregation 2011 held in New Delhi from China , Russia , Kazakhstan, Ukraine , Japan were welcomed by members of  the “The Buddhist  Forum” to visit ancient Buddhist pilgrimage sites in Yamauna Nagar.

Sidhartha Gauri president of "The Buddhist Forum" was invited as one of the speaker in Global Buddhist Congregation 2011 held in New Delhi . Which is considered to be one of the biggest Buddhist conference held in India in last 60 years .

For the promotion of the international campaign Sidhartha Gauri of "The Buddhist Forum" meet Mr. Padma Ratna Tuladhar is human rights activist and former politician. He played an instrumental role in bringing the Nepalese Maoists to mainstream politics. During the meeting with Mr. Tuldhar, he was briefed about the international sign campaign "Save

The campaign “Save Stupas Save Buddha" was well received in Bangladesh. Sir Fazel Hassan Abed founder and chairman of BRAC (Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee) has joined as an Patron to support the campaign for preservation of

stupas. He was appointed Knight Commander of the order of St. Michael and St. George (KCMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and globally. BRAC is the largest NGO of the world (2010). It reaches 110 million people around the world. A rammon magsaysay awardee 1980. 

Sidhartha , President of The Buddhist Forum went to Myanmar (Burma) on July 01, 2011 to meet Aung San Suu Kyi, Nobel Peace Prize 1991 . He presented the copy of the documentry film "Dhammachhetra - The Lost Land of Buddha" based on the ancient Buddhist  monuments in  state Harayna , India . He introduced "The Lady" with internatinal sign campaign "Save Stupa Save Buddha" for the preservation of Buddhist monuments all over India and requested her on the behalf of The Buddhist Forum to join as a Patron and participation in this International Sign Campaign.

Sidhartha , President of The Buddhist Forum went to Sri Lanka on april  22 , 2011 to meet Dr. A.T.  Ariyaratne Founder and President of Sarvodaya . He presented Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne with the DVD copy of documentary film " Dhammachhetra - the lost land of Buddha" . During the program of Sarvodaya a sign campaign event was also organized in which  members of  Sarvodaya was introduced with the objective of international sign campaign . Afterward people presented in the program signed to show there support to this humanitarian cause.

Inauguration of Sign Campaign 'Save Stupas Save Buddha' at Chaneti Stupa, Yamuna Nagar (Haryana) by Ven. Lama Chosphel Zotpa, Former member of National Minorities Commission, Govt. of India.

Kashmir Humanity Foundation - An NGO based in Baramulla has joined The International Sign Campaign 'Save Stupa Save Buddha - A Voice Of Peace For Global Integration.'

This event was organised in Baramulla (Kashmir) for the first time. The members of the Kashmir Humanity Foundation showed great secular feature of the organisation by supporting the campaign. Near about 70-80 people came to hear about this campaign.