Nava Nalanda Mahavihara Nalanda

Nava Nalanda Mahavihara, Nalanda was established by the lost glory and the heritage of ancient Nalanda Mahavihara. In 1951, the foundation stone of the first building was laid by His Excellency, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. At the insistence of Ven. Bhikshu Jagdish Kashyap and with this goal in mind, the Government of Bihar established a research institute called "Magadh Institute of Post-Graduate Studies and Research in Pali and Allied Languages and Buddhist Learning" at Nalanda in 1951.

 It later came to be known as Nava Nalanda Mahavihara. The inspiration behind the establishment of this institute was to develop a centre of higher studies in Pali and Buddhism along the lines of ancient Nalanda Mahavihara. From the beginning, the institute functioned as a residential institution, with a limited number of Indian and foreign students.