Buddha

September 22, 2025 3:49 PM

Buddha’s Holy Relics to be displayed in Russia’s Kalmykia for first time

The sacred Relics of the Buddha from the National Museum, New Delhi, will be taken to Russia’s Kalmykia Republic for the first time to be enshrined and venerated at the 3rd International Buddhist Forum in Elista from September 24–28, 2025, the Ministry of Culture said in a statement on Monday. Organised by the ministry in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), the National Museum, and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), the event will mark the...

June 3, 2025 1:54 PM

After month-long exposition in Vietnam, holy Buddha relics return to India

The holy relics of Lord Buddha returned to India on Tuesday after a month-long exposition tour across Vietnam. The relics were ceremoniously received at Palam Air Force Station in New Delhi. The delegation accompanying the relics was led by Odisha Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati , along with representation from the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC) led by Shartse Khensur Jangchup Choeden Rinpoche, Secretary General, and National Museum officials. "The holy relics will be publicly displ...

September 16, 2024 6:05 PM

Buddha relics exhibited in Thailand, Indian envoy terms it as biggest public diplomacy exercise ever

Indian Ambassador to Thailand, Nagesh Singh, lauded the exposition of Lord Buddha's relics in Thailand, terming it the "biggest diplomacy exercise" ever seen by him, and said that it has left a tremendous goodwill among people there. The relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples were displayed across four cities in Thailand from February 22 to March 18. The Indian envoy said, "We worked very hard on it, for almost a year before the Buddha relics arrived...last time these relics came here was ...