Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Firday announced that he is leaving for Kalmykia, Russia, to lead a delegation tasked with bringing back the holy relics of Lord Buddha after their week-long exposition.
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), the Office of the Lieutenant Governor said, “Leaving for Kalmykia, Russia, where I will lead the delegation to bring back the holy relics of Lord Buddha after a week-long exposition. I sincerely thank Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi Ji for this sacred opportunity. ‘Om Namo Buddhaya’.”
The exposition is being organised by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the International Buddhist Confederation, the National Museum, and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
The revered relics are currently enshrined at the Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery in Elista — the main Buddhist monastery in Kalmykia, widely known as the “Golden Abode of Shakyamuni Buddha.”
