PATNA: Former CM Nitish Kumar moved to his new residence on Sunday amid chanting of hymns by Buddhist monks and planting a sapling of the sacred Mahabodhi tree on the 7, Circular Road campus. It was earlier earmarked for the chief secretary and Ashok Kumar Sinha had been living there after his retirement in June.Now, Nitish will be the neighbour of Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi who live three blocks away at 10, Circular Road. This is the second time Nitish has changed his residence after stepping out of 1, Anne Marg, the official residence of the CM. He had moved to M2, Strand Road, after stepping down as the CM.His 'grih pravesh' was marked by planting a sapling of the sacred tree which was brought from Bodh Gaya by the Buddhist monks. Bodh Gaya temple chief monk Chalinda and other monks, including Denanan, Rewta and Kaushal, chanted hymns and performed puja. Prasad (offering) was distributed among the people present there.Nitish also tied a thread around a tree on the premises to continue with the tradition he introduced as CM on Raksha Bandhan day.The selected get-together on the occasion included ministers Rajiv Ranjan Singh Lalan and Shyam Rajak, RCP Singh, Anil Sahni, MPs, besides party legislators and office-bearers, Aryabhatt Knowledge University pro-VC U K Mishra, ADRI member secretary Shaibal Gupta, among others.