In a profound gesture of peace and spiritual unity, the sacred Buddha Relic from Sarnath arrived in Vietnam on Friday for public exposition coinciding with the United Nations Day of Vesak 2025.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a special announcement in Thailand on Thursday where he said that India will send relics of Lord Buddha discovered in Gujarat's Aravalli in the 1960s to Thailand so that the devotees can pay their obeisance.
Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta stressed the significance of incorporating the wisdom of "The Art of Living" for a meaningful life after Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar unveiled the holy relics of the original Somnath Jyotirlingam for the first time here in the national capital on Sunday.
Relics of Lord Buddha and those of his two main disciples, Arahant Sariputta and Maha Moggallana, were brought back to India from Thailand on Tuesday in the presence of Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi and Buddhist religious heads.
People waited to pay respects to the sacred relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples on Monday in Thailand's Krabi on the last day of their exposition/enshrinement.
Devotees reached Wat Maha Wanaram in Ubon Ratchathani to offer prayers to the holy relics on the last day of exposition, before the relics travel to Krabi.
Thousands of devotees paid respects to the holy relics of Lord Buddha and his two disciples at Wat Maha Wanaram in Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand, on Sunday.
The holy relics of Lord Buddha, as well along with his disciples Arahant Sariputta and Arahant Mogallana, have arrived in Chiang Mai, Thailand's second-largest city, for exposition.