{"id":3256,"date":"2025-10-14T12:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2025-10-14T12:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T06:28:10","slug":"maurya-in-russia-for-intl-buddha-relics-exhibit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/?p=3256","title":{"rendered":"Maurya in Russia for Int\u2019l Buddha Relics exhibit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3257 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/124489479-300x169.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/124489479-300x169.avif 300w, https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/124489479.avif 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Lucknow: Carrying the sacred relics of Lord Buddha for an international exhibition aimed at promoting peace, cultural exchange, and spiritual harmony, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, leading an Indian delegation, reached Elista, the capital of Russia&#8217;s Republic of Kalmykia.The Indian delegation was given a grand welcome by the head of Kalmykia, Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov, India&#8217;s Ambassador to Russia Vinay Kumar, spiritual leader Shajin Lama, senior monks, and other dignitaries.Before departing from Delhi on Friday night, Maurya joined senior monks in a ceremonial worship of the Piprahwa relics, discovered in ancient Kapilvastu (Uttar Pradesh). Expressing gratitude, he said, &#8220;This is a blessed and historic moment in my life to accompany the sacred relics of Tathagata Buddha to Kalmykia, home to Europe&#8217;s largest Buddhist temple.\u00a0I extend heartfelt thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this honour.&#8221;Maurya emphasised that the Piprahwa relics hold immense spiritual and archaeological significance. &#8220;When these relics returned from Hong Kong, the Prime Minister called it a proud day for India. Under his leadership, India has strengthened its cultural and spiritual ties with Buddhist nations worldwide,&#8221; he said. Highlighting India\u2013Russia relations, Maurya said, &#8220;Our friendship is timeless and resilient.\u00a0This sacred exhibition will further fortify our civilisational bonds and advance Lord Buddha&#8217;s universal message of peace, compassion, and non-violence across the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lucknow: Carrying the sacred relics of Lord Buddha for an international exhibition aimed at promoting peace, cultural exchange, and spiritual harmony, Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, leading an Indian delegation, reached Elista, the capital of Russia&#8217;s Republic of Kalmykia.The Indian delegation was given a grand welcome by the head of Kalmykia, Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov, India&#8217;s &#8230; <a title=\"Maurya in Russia for Int\u2019l Buddha Relics exhibit\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/?p=3256\" aria-label=\"Read more about Maurya in Russia for Int\u2019l Buddha Relics exhibit\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-samachar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3256"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3258,"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3256\/revisions\/3258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/boudhabazratv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}