{"id":2119,"date":"2026-06-10T13:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2026-06-10T13:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T13:45:18","slug":"press-release-29","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/press-release-29\/","title":{"rendered":"Press Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Signing of the Lease Agreement for the land in Varanasi<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2120 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Photo-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Photo-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Photo-1030x686.jpeg 1030w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Photo-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Photo.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On behalf of the Royal Government of Bhutan, Ms. Tashi Peldon, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Royal Bhutanese Embassy, New Delhi, and Mr. Mridul Chaudhary, Special Secretary, Department of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India, signed a lease agreement on Wednesday, 10 June 2026, for the acquisition of two acres of land in Varanasi on a long-term lease. The signing ceremony was held in the presence of Hon\u2019ble Minister for Tourism and Culture of the Government of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Jaiveer Singh. The land will be used for the construction of a Bhutanese temple and guest house.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This development follows the announcement made by the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prime Minister of India, His Excellency Mr. Narendra Modi,during his official visit to Bhutan on November 11\u201312, 2025, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to provide land in Varanasi for the construction of a Bhutanese temple.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The signing of the lease agreement reflects the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">strong spiritual and cultural ties between Bhutan and India and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reaffirms the commitment of both countries to preserving their shared <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Buddhist heritage and strengthening people-to-people connections.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Signing of the Lease Agreement for the land in Varanasi &nbsp;On behalf of the Royal Government of Bhutan, Ms. Tashi Peldon, Deputy Chief of Mission of the Royal Bhutanese Embassy, New Delhi, and Mr. Mridul Chaudhary, Special Secretary, Department of Tourism, Government of Uttar Pradesh (UP), India, signed a lease agreement on Wednesday, 10 June &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":2120,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2122,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2122"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mfa.gov.bt\/rbedelhi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}