What are Buddha's Piprahwa relics that India will exhibit in Russia?
The Ministry of Culture will organise an exhibition of Lord Buddha's Piprahwa relics in Kalmykia, Russia, from September 24 to October 1. The relics, first excavated in 1898 by a British civil engineer from a stupa in Uttar Pradesh's Piprahwa, were repatriated to India after 127 years in July 2025. The relics are believed to include bone fragments of Buddha.