Myanmar airlines to launch flights to Bihar
24 Oct 2012 5:21 AM IST
Myanmar’s national carrier Myanmar Airways International [MAI] will launch a direct service between the country’s Mandalay city and Gaya city in the Indian state of Bihar from i November.
‘Travellers who want to visit Gaya can directly go there without coming to Yangon,’ Xinhua quoted a MAI official as saying Monday.
The city of Gaya is about 100 km from state capital Patna and a major pilgrimage centre for Buddhists. Hindu spiritual teacher Gautam Buddha is said to have obtained enlightenment there.
‘Travellers who want to visit Gaya can directly go there without coming to Yangon,’ Xinhua quoted a MAI official as saying Monday.
The city of Gaya is about 100 km from state capital Patna and a major pilgrimage centre for Buddhists. Hindu spiritual teacher Gautam Buddha is said to have obtained enlightenment there.
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