Around 31 thousand devotees and visitors paid their respects to the sacred relics of Shakyamuni Buddha during a seven-day exposition at Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh. The Ministry of Culture said that the exposition provided an opportunity for Buddhist monks, senior citizens and the general public to seek blessings of the sacred relics of Shakyamuni Buddha. The Ministry noted that throughout the seven days, Tawang Monastery witnessed an outpouring of devotion, with devotees arriving from all blocks of Tawang district and neighbouring areas.

Organised by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Arunachal Pradesh Government and the International Buddhist Confederation, the Sacred Relics arrived in Tawang on the 31st of last month from the National Museum, New Delhi. The sacred relics will now be taken to Bomdila and will be available for public darshan at TGL Monastery (Lower Gompa) till Friday. Thereafter, the Sacred Relics will move to the Golden Pagoda, Namsai, where the Sacred Relics will be available for public darshan from 14th to 20th of this month, before returning to the National Museum, New Delhi.