Pancha Shila Vihara — FWBO's First Indian Base
Parnakuti, Pune, India · 1979
The Pancha Shila Vihara was a 'tiny semi-detached bungalow' at the Ambedkar Housing Society in Parnakuti, Pune — the FWBO's first base in India. Sangharakshita stayed here for two weeks in February–March 1979, conducting an intense teaching programme across 80+ Buddhist localities serving Pune's 300,000 Buddhists. He described the Dharma as having been 'truly revived in India at last.'
