New Delhi, May 3 -- More than one lakh devotees have paid their reverent homage to the Sacred Relics of Lord Buddha, currently enshrined at Thanh Tam Pagoda, located within the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City.

"More than one lakh devotees have paid their reverent homage to the Sacred Relics of Lord Buddha, currently enshrined at Thanh Tam Pagoda, located within the Vietnam Buddhist Academy in Binh Chanh District, Ho Chi Minh City. The Holy Relics were brought from India by an official delegation led by Union Minister Kiren Rijiju and Andhra Pradesh Minister Kandula Durgesh, joined by senior monks and officials," as per a Ministry of Culture release.

Since early morning, the stupa housing the relics, rec...