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Find better place for Kapilavastu relics: Swaminathan to Modi
View(s):A cabinet minister has sought the relocation of the Kapilavastu relics of Lord Buddha, now housed at the National Museum in New Delhi, to a more appropriate place in keeping with the sacred nature of the widely venerated relics.
Hindu Religious Affairs Minister D.M.Swaminathan had sent the request to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi through a delegation of the Bharathiya Janatha Party (BJP) that met him recently.
Minister Swaminathan who accompanied President Maithripala Sirisena on his official tour to India in February visited the Delhi Museum along with the President and paid their respects to the relics.
Ila. Ganeshan, BJP’s former president in Tamil Nadu and member of the Executive Committee, said he would be conveying the request to Prime Minister Modi.
Thousands of people paid homage to the Kapilavastu relics when they were brought to Sri Lanka in August 2012 for a near month-long exposition.