New Delhi, June 6 -- Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena will travel to Mongolia on Sunday (June 7) to accompany the sacred relics of two great disciples of Lord Buddha from Ulaanbaatar to New Delhi, following a 10-day exposition in Mongolia.

Saxena has been nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to lead the delegation for the return of the holy relics to India. He will also attend the concluding ceremony on June 10 in Ulaanbaatar, after which the relics will be flown back on a special aircraft.

The development comes in the wake of the successful organisation of the Sacred Exposition of Holy Buddha Relics in Ladakh from May 1 to 14.

Earlier on May 30, India transferred the sacred relics of Lord Buddha to Mongolia for a 10-...