India to send Buddha relics to Mongolia for Buddh Purnima
India Today
Holy relics of Lord Buddha are being flown from India to Mongolia for Mongolian Buddh Purnima on June 14.
Four holy relics of Lord Buddha are being flown from India to Mongolia as part of celebrations of Mongolian Buddh Purnima falling on June 14.
A 25-member delegation from the Ministry of Culture led by Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will carry the sacred relics to Mongolia. They will be kept in Mongolia for 11 days.
A 25-member delegation, led by Minister of Law and Justice, Shri Kiren Rijiju will take four Holy Relics of Lord Buddha from India to Mongolia for an 11-day exposition as part of celebrations of Mongolian Buddh Purnima falling on 14th June 2022. pic.twitter.com/gnn3O27j1F
The delegation will leave on an Indian Air-Force C-17 transport aircraft on Sunday, the statement issued by the Union Ministry of Culture said on Saturday.
To be kept in special caskets, the relics will be displayed at the Batsagaan temple within the premises of the Gandan Monastery.
The Buddha relics, currently housed in the National Museum, are known as the 'Kapilvastu Relics' since they are from a site in Bihar discovered in 1898 and believed to be the ancient city of Kapilvastu.
