Published On:Wednesday 24 September 2014
Posted by Celebrate Life Style information Blog
China's Buddhist temple receives holy relic from Thailand
Beijing: More than 100 Buddhist monks arrived at China's oldest Buddhist temple to present a precious sarira gifted by Thailand, authorities said.
The sarira, a bead-shaped object said to be collected from the ashes of the Buddha, will be placed in a Thai-style garden at the 1,946-year-old Baima temple in Luyong of Henan Province, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
According to a member of the Thai entourage, the relic was discovered by a British archaeologist on the border of India and Nepal between 1896 and 1898 and was said to be belong to Gautama Buddha. India gave it to King Rama V of Thailand in 1898. [ IBN Live ]
The sarira, a bead-shaped object said to be collected from the ashes of the Buddha, will be placed in a Thai-style garden at the 1,946-year-old Baima temple in Luyong of Henan Province, Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
According to a member of the Thai entourage, the relic was discovered by a British archaeologist on the border of India and Nepal between 1896 and 1898 and was said to be belong to Gautama Buddha. India gave it to King Rama V of Thailand in 1898. [ IBN Live ]
