Borrowed from pakistan: Buddha relics on display in Colombo

ISLAMABAD: Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe have inaugurated an exposition of the most sacred relics of the Buddha brought from Pakistan in an impressive ceremony at Temple Trees. A large number of senior monks, Parliament Speaker Karu Jayasuriya, ministers, government officials, Secretary Heritage Pakistan Mohsin Haqqani, Deputy High Commissioner of Pakistan Dr Sarfraz Sipra, curator of Taxila Museum attended the ceremony, said a message received from Colombo. The sacred relics include two bones, believed to be of Buddha, placed in a golden casket. These holy relics are part of collection from Taxila Museum, which is located at one of the most important Buddhist archaeological sites in Asia. The holy relics will be in Colombo for four days for public exposition and after that the relics would be taken to other cities.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 23^rd, 2016.