New Delhi, March 19 -- Relics of Lord Buddha and those of his two main disciples, Arahant Sariputta and Maha Moggallana, were brought back to India from Thailand on Tuesday in the presence of Union Minister Meenakashi Lekhi and Buddhist religious heads.

The holy relics were returned to India by a special IAF flight that departed from Krabi, Thailand and reached Delhi on Tuesday evening. After which, Meenakashi Lekhi and Buddhist religious heads carried relics amid full state honours by IAF officials.

Further, prayers were also offered to the relics.

Holy relics have returned to India, after 25 days of exposition in four cities of Thailand during which over 4 million devotees from Thailand and other countries from the Mekong region paid...