NEW DELHI: In a significant assertion by India of its “cultural diplomacy”, the sacred Piprahwa relics of Buddha – taken away during the colonial period – have been brought back after 127 years through an outreach that started with the govt stepping in to stop their auction by Sotheby’s Hong Kong in May.PM Narendra Modi…
Buddha’s Piprahwa relics (X/@narendramodi) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Wednesday that the sacred Piprahwa relics of Lord Buddha have returned to India after 127 years. He noted that although the relics were discovered in 1898, they were taken out of the country during the colonial era. In a post on X, the…
The jewels are delicate, some just millimeters in length, arranged in intricate patterns of circles and lines. Taken from British-occupied India in 1898, the jewels were discovered alongside bone and ash, said to be the remains of Buddha. The collection is perhaps one of the holiest relics in contemporary religion. Now, it is up for…
By a campfire on the shore of Lake Geneva in 1816, five friends take up the challenge of telling the scariest story. Mary Shelley is clearly the winner, with her cautionary tale (soon to be a novel) of an obsessed doctor whose electrified monster achieves sentience, then runs wild. So freaked out is her pal…