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Indian Buddhist Relics to be Showcased in Russia For First Time
Indian Buddhist Relics to be Showcased in Russia For First Time
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The Buddhist relics will be transported from New Delhi-based National Museum with reverence, escorted by senior monks with full religious sanctity and protocol to Russia by a special Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft.
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Indian relics of the Buddha will travel to Russia for the first time this month.The artefacts kept at the National Museum will be exhibited at the third International Buddhist Forum (IBF) in Elista, the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, from September 24 to 28 , the Indian Ministry of Culture said on Monday.The third International Buddhist Forum, a major international event, is expected to be attended by spiritual leaders and guests from over 35 countries, the ministry said.It added that the Kalmykia Republic was the "only Buddhist republic in Europe."New Delhi has said that the event would strive to nurture a "spiritual dialogue and foster cultural unity."The statement said that Kalmyks, who inhabit the Caspian Sea-bordering Russian region, are descendants of Oirat Mongols who migrated from Western Mongolia in the 17th century. It added that a high-level delegation of monks from Kalmykia had visited India and asked India's Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju to lend the sacred relics to Russia.A high-level Indian delegation including deputy Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and 20 senior monks — including Sakya Trizin Rinpoche, the head of Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism — will accompany the holy relics to Russia.The Culture Ministry, in partnership with New Delhi-headquartered International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), the National Museum and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts will organise the exposition of the sacred relics.Shakyamuni’s sacred relics from India will be the main attraction at the forum on 'Buddhism in the New Millennium'. Four dedicated exhibitions and three special academic lectures are scheduled to spread knowledge about the Buddha's relics.The relics will be enshrined in the main Buddhist monastery in Elista, the Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery, a major Tibetan Buddhist centre.Two memoranda of understanding will be signed at the event, one between the Central Spiritual Administration of Buddhist Russia and the International Buddhist Confederation and the other with India's Nalanda University.The IBC and the Indian Culture Ministry will also present the holy 'Kanjur', a compendium of 100 Mongolian religious texts originally translated from Tibetan-Kanjur.Since 2022, various Buddhist relics from India have travelled to Mongolia, Thailand and Vietnam. They were excavated at Piprahwa in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.The relics are believed to be bone fragments of Siddhartha Gautama — the Lord Buddha.
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Indian Buddhist Relics to be Showcased in Russia For First Time
The artefacts will be transported from the New Delhi-based National Museum, reverently escorted by senior monks with full religious sanctity and protocol to Russia by a special Indian Air Force (IAF) aircraft.
Indian relics of the Buddha will travel to Russia for the first time this month.
The artefacts kept at the National Museum will be exhibited at the third International Buddhist Forum (IBF) in Elista, the capital of the Kalmykia Republic, from September 24 to 28 , the Indian Ministry of Culture said on Monday.
The third International Buddhist Forum, a
major international event, is expected to be attended by spiritual leaders and guests from over 35 countries, the ministry said.
It added that the Kalmykia Republic was the "only Buddhist republic in Europe."
New Delhi has said that the event would strive to nurture a "spiritual dialogue and foster cultural unity."
The statement said that Kalmyks, who inhabit the Caspian Sea-bordering Russian region, are descendants of Oirat Mongols who migrated from Western Mongolia in the 17th century.
"Their history is deeply tied to nomadic lifestyles, which influences their culture. They are the only ethnic group in Europe that practices Mahayana Buddhism," the Culture Ministry said.
It added that a high-level delegation of monks from Kalmykia had visited India and asked India's Culture Minister Gajendra Singh Sekhawat and Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju to lend the
sacred relics to Russia.
A high-level Indian delegation including deputy Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and 20 senior monks — including Sakya Trizin Rinpoche, the head of Sakya Order of Tibetan Buddhism — will accompany the holy relics to Russia.
The Culture Ministry, in partnership with New Delhi-headquartered International Buddhist Confederation (IBC), the National Museum and Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts will organise the exposition of the sacred relics.
Shakyamuni’s sacred relics from India will be the main attraction at the forum on 'Buddhism in the New Millennium'. Four dedicated exhibitions and three special academic lectures are scheduled to spread knowledge about the Buddha's relics.
The relics will be enshrined in the main Buddhist monastery in Elista, the Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery, a major Tibetan Buddhist centre.
Two memoranda of understanding will be signed at the event, one between the Central Spiritual Administration of Buddhist Russia and the International Buddhist Confederation and the other with India's Nalanda University.
The IBC and the Indian Culture Ministry will also present the holy 'Kanjur', a compendium of 100 Mongolian religious texts originally translated from Tibetan-Kanjur.
Since 2022, various Buddhist relics from India have travelled to Mongolia, Thailand and Vietnam. They were excavated at Piprahwa in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
The relics are believed to be bone fragments of Siddhartha Gautama — the Lord Buddha.
