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The exposition of a portion of the sacred relics of Lord Buddha, currently enshrined at a monastery in Russia’s Kalmykia, has drawn more than 90,000 devotees since it was brought to that country a week ago, officials said.
The relics, originally enshrined at the at the National Museum here, was ferried to Russia in a special Indian Air Force aircraft and reached Elista, the capital city of the Republic of Kalmykia on October 11.
As part of the exposition, it was later temporarily enshrined in the main Buddhist monastery in Elista, known as the Geden Sheddup Choikorling Monastery, also called the “Golden Abode of Shakyamuni Buddha." This is a significant Tibetan Buddhist centre, opened for the public in 1996 and is surrounded by the Kalmyk steppe, the Indian Culture Ministry earlier said.
Jammu and Kashmir Lt Governor Manoj Sinha arrived in Elista on Friday, and will lead an Indian delegation that will accompany the holy relics when they are ferried back to India...
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