India, June 3 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
Monks, nuns, devotees, and Diplomats today all sat together at the National Museum, to pay their final homage in the Capital city to the sacred relics of the Buddha before they are returned to Sarnath tomorrow and once again enshrined at the Mulagandha Kuti Vihar Temple.
At a veneration ceremony, organised by the National Museum and the International Buddhist Confederation, with support from the Ministry of Culture, for the homecoming of the sacred Relics, after a 30-day, 9 cities whirlwind exposition programme in Vietnam, speakers sharing their experience highlighted the overwhelming devotion, patience, and self-discipline of the people of Vietnam as they waited ...