Chinese honor for memorial support

DHAKA - A memorial that was built to honor a Buddhist cleric has opened in Bangladesh after receiving support from China.

The monument, known as a stupa, will house sacred relics and documents commemorating Atish Dipankar Srijnan, who was born in 980 A. D. and died in 1053 A.D.

Originally named Chandragarbha by his parents, Atish was born into a royal family in the Vajrayogini village on the outskirts of the country's capital city of Dhaka.