Sunday, February 13, 2011

India to loan Buddha's relics to Sri Lanka

India has agreed to temporarily lend fragments of Buddha’s bones, famously known as the Kapilavastu relics, to Sri Lanka for an exposition to celebrate his 2600th year of enlightenment later this year.
It will the be the first time in decades that the fragile bone fragments, kept at the National

Museum, will be taken outside India.
Announcing the decision, visiting Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, said the

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