Sri Lanka, March 28 -- Sacred relics of Lord Buddha, along with those of his two disciples Sariputra and Maudgalyayana, were on display for 26 days at various locations across Thailand, attracting millions of visitors, and were returned to India on March 19.

The sacred relics, known as the Kapilavastu relics, are housed in India's national museum. They are believed to be the remains of Lord Buddha and two of his disciples, Sariputra and Maudgalayana. These significant relics date back to around the 4th-5th century BC. They were unearthed in Piprahwa near Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh, a site thought to be the ancient city of Kapilvastu - by the Archaeological Survey of India in the 1970s. These sacred relics have even travelled abroad ...