Rai Pithora Cultural Complex

Buddha's Relics Return to India After 125 Years at Delhi's Piprahwa Relics Exhibition, Amidst Conversations About Reverence and Spectacle

After 125 years abroad, the Piprahwa relics, gems and sacred remains linked to Buddha's Sakya clan, returned to India in 2025. A new Delhi exhibition celebrates this homecoming, but ground reactions reveal tensions between reverence and spectacle.