GBS highlighted India rooted in spiritual wisdom and cultural heritage
New Delhi. A highpoint of the Global Buddhist Summit was the visit of around 250 foreign monks and GBS delegates to Qila Rai Pithora Cultural Complex to pay their respects and offer prayers to the Holy relics of the Buddha at the exposition which was inaugurated by the Honorable Prime Minister on Jan 3, 2026. The delegates from overseas and India spent over 2 hours passionately viewing the exhibition and mesmerised by the historical background of the Piprawah relics and the background about how India made efforts to bring back the reliquaries of the Buddha which were taken away from India in 1898 and how they were brought back and united with the other part of the same reliquaries. They appreciated India’s efforts to not only preserve its ancient heritage but also ensure that they are repatriated home. Most of the delegates were overawed by the visit to the relic museum and received blessings while some of them even chanted before the holy relics in a peace...