Buddha Relics from National Museum to be taken to Russia for International Buddhist Forum

New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- Sacred Relics of the Buddha from the National Museum will be taken to Russia for the 3rd International Buddhist Forum to be held in Elista, the capital of Russia's Kalmykia Republic, from September 24-28.

The Ministry of Culture, Government of India in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), National Museum, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA), is organising for the first time an exposition of the sacred Buddha Relic at the Elista Buddhist Forum, an official spokesman said here today.

The Holy Relics will be transported from the National Museum escorted by senior monks with full religious sanctity and protocol to Kalmykia by a special Indian Air Force aircraft.

A high-level...