Rijiju, monks among hundreds pay homage to sacred relics of Buddha in Leh
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday paid homage to Buddha’s sacred relics and offered prayers, highlighting the spiritual and cultural significance of the exposition.
Union Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday paid homage to Buddha’s sacred relics and offered prayers, highlighting the spiritual and cultural significance of the exposition.
Hundreds of devotees queued up on Saturday to offer prayers at the public exposition of the sacred relics of Lord Buddha at Jivetsal in Leh.
The event marks a milestone in India’s cultural history, reuniting repatriated Piprahwa relics with those preserved in the National Museum and the Indian Museum for the very first time.
The event marked the 94th anniversary celebrations of Mulagandha Kuti Vihara—the revered site where the Buddha delivered his first sermon, Dharmachakra Pravartana, revealing the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path.
The event coincides with the 94th anniversary of the Vihar, which is located at the site where the Buddha delivered his first sermon, the Dharmachakra Pravartana.
The highlight of the forum, themed “Buddhism in the New Millennium," will be the Shakyamuni’s Sacred Relics from India, four exhibitions organised by IBC and the National Museum, and three special academic lectures, the Ministry of Culture said on Monday.
Two great personalities on earth – the Buddha and Karl Marx – propagated their ideals in different fields of thought in different times.
The return of the Piprahwa jewels to India is not merely an instance of repatriation ~ it is a quiet but momentous shift in the global understanding of cultural responsibility.
Amidst the ongoing succession row, the Dalai Lama, on his 90th birthday, urged his followers to focus on achieving peace of mind and being compassionate towards everyone, to help make the world a better place.
Buddha's principle of the middle path is relevant in today's time of global uncertainty, India's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, P. Harish, said here at the commemoration of Vesak.
