Nitish offers Sikkim guest house for Bodhgaya pilgrims

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday offered Sikkim Government to provide logistics for building a guest house for Sikkimese pilgrims in Bodhgaya, an official release said here.

The offer was made when Sikkim Governor Ganga Prasad called on Kumar at his office in Patna.

Prasad thanked the chief minister for the gesture towards Sikkim, saying this would help the people of both the states, the release said.

Thousands of people from Sikkim come to Bodhgaya for an annual spiritual sojourn during December and January.