World's largest collection of Buddhist relics on tour

World's largest collection of Buddhist relics reaches Moscow.
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1 September 2007
11:26
Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies
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31/8 Tass 357 MOSCOW, August 31 (Itar-Tass) -- The world's largest collection of Buddhist relics was brought to Moscow on August 31, prior to City Day. The 36 relics will be exhibited at the International Roerich Center in Moscow on September 1-9, a source at the Buddhist cultural center said. The items are part of the Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour.

The relics have been donated by temples and monasteries from India, Nepal, Thailand, China, Myanmar and other countries specially for placement in the Heart Shrine of the 152-meter Maitreya Buddha statue. The relics have been displayed in the United States, Canada, Singapore, Taiwan, Mongolia, New Zealand and a number of other countries, as well as in St. Petersburg. The next leg of the tour is Latvia.