Overview
- The relics, enshrined at India’s National Museum, were flown to Thimphu on an Indian Air Force aircraft with a delegation led by Union Minister Dr. Virendra Kumar.
- Public veneration runs from November 8 to 18 at Kuenrey Hall in Tashichho Dzong, marking the relics’ second visit to Bhutan after 2011.
- Senior monks and the Queen Mother received the relics with prayers at Paro before their transfer for the festival events in Thimphu.
- Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay hailed the visit as a gift from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a sign of shared spiritual collaboration.
- Three curated exhibitions organized by the International Buddhist Confederation accompany the display, with additional pieces from New Delhi’s National Museum.