Overview

• An Indian delegation led by Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya delivered the relics to Elista with the 43rd Sakya Trizin Rinpoche in attendance.
• Public access is scheduled from October 12 to 18 at the Central Khurul "Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni" in Elista.
• The relics departed the National Museum of India following a special prayer before transport to Russia.
• The exhibition is organized by India’s Ministry of Culture with the International Buddhist Confederation, the National Museum, and the Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts.
• The Kapilavastu relics, discovered in 1898 at a site linked to ancient Kapilavastu, are among Buddhism’s most revered objects and have long been housed in New Delhi.