World's first Ramayan University to come up in Bihar

Bihar trust plans to set up a Ramayan University in Vaishali district, about 20km from Patna in Bihar.

• The university will have specialized five-year course in astrophysics, astronomy, Hindu mythology, vedas and upanishads.
• It will preserve and promote the literature of the Ramayan in Sanskrit, Hindi, vernacular texts and languages of South-east Asian countries.
• Trust has acquired about 25 acres of land for the university.
• Trust has already begun work to build the world's largest Hindu temple, the Virat Ramayan Mandir, in the state's West Champaran district, about 125 km from here.