India, Nov. 9 -- Over 31,000 devotees and visitors thronged the Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh over seven days to pay their respects to the sacred relics of Shakyamuni Buddha, as an exposition concluded on Saturday, marking the end of its first leg in the Himalayan state.

The sacred relics arrived in Tawang on October 31 from the National Museum in New Delhi before being transported to Bomdila by the Indian Air Force on November 8 for the next phase of the exposition. They will remain open for public darshan at TGL Monastery (Lower Gompa) until November 13.

After Bomdila, the sacred relics will be taken to the Golden Pagoda in Namsai, where devotees can seek blessings from November 14 to 20. They are scheduled to be taken back to...