The Buddhist relics were transported from India in a bullet-proof box on a special IAF aircraft.
The year has started on a historic note for Indo-Thai relations with India sending out four precious relics of Buddha from the National Museum, together with the relics of two of his chief disciples Arahata Sariputra and Arahata Maudgalayana housed in a monastery in Sanchi, for a 26-day exposition in Thailand from February 21 to March 18.
The event has been named as “the rare and special Ganga-Mekong holy dhammayatra”.
It took more than a year to plan this Buddhist mega-event which is being held to celebrate the 72nd birthday of Thai King Mahavajiralongkorn (Rama 10).
The Buddhist relics were transported from India in a bullet-proof box on a special IAF aircraft. They were accompanied by a high-level Indian delegation, which included the minister for social justice and empowerment, Virendra Kumar, director general of the International Buddhist Confederation Abhijit Halder,…
