Subject : An earnest prayer for Financial Support for construction of Shanti  Niketan Bouddha Vihara at Tuichawng Village, Lunglei District, Mizoram, India.

Sir/Venerable,
                 In inviting the subject cited above, I, on behalf of the Buddhist Community of Tuichawng beg to state that,  Shanti Niketan Bouddha Vihara was established in the year 1968 by a local Managing Committee with a very temporary structure. The village Tuichawng is located in south west corner of Mizoram India near Indo-Bangladesh Border. Most of the villagers are CHAKMA in tribe and BUDDHIST by religion. About 480 families live at Tuichawng and surrounding villages. The total population is around 3500 who live on shifting cultivation. Due to inavailability of fertile land in the locality, they can not produce enough crops for their livelihood. So, they live a miserable life just hand to mouth. Being poor, our people can not contribute fund to develop the Buddhist monastery. During last twenty five years, it was anyhow constructed with sown timber structure with GCI sheet roofing in 1996. Now it has become very old. The villagers are trying to re-build it with concrete structure. An small amount has already been gathered which is not enough. It has become very difficult to gather more fund.             
             Therefore, I on behalf of the helpless Buddhist Community of this village would like to request your generous end to have a look into the matter sympathically to provide us financial support for the construction of Shanti Niketan Bouddha Vihara of this village. For which the act of your kindness, I shall remain ever grateful.
With a lot of Metta and regards,
Yours in Dhamma,                           
(SUDIP CHAKMA)  
Chairman 
Shanti Niketan Buddhist Temple,
Management Committee: Tuichawng,
Mizoram, India.