The Buddha's ash is scared

Two topics about which I've posted previously, Buddhist tourism and the theft of Buddhist reclics from a Bihar musuem, converge in this post.

From The Times of India:

The Nitish government's move to put the scared [sic] ash of Lord Buddha on display has sparked a political row. RJD leader and Union rural development minister Raghuvansh Prasad Singh wants the holy urn to be moved to his constituency. "The urn was excavated from Vaishali," he averred. [...]

And why is the Lord Buddha's ash so scared? Because someone almost stole the urn recently.

Though Lord Buddha's "asthi kalash" has been kept under lock and keys for over three decades in Patna Museum, it has been displayed to foreign dignitaries time and again. Foreign tourists have to shell out $100 for a glimpse of the holy urn.

If I'm shelling out $100, I'd better get more than just a glimpse.

In recent times, a social organisation has taken up the cause to put the sacred urn on display at some public place. The chief minister has accepted the demand, sources said. The state government is even considering the demand of keeping the holy urn near the Patna Junction under tight security, they added. [...]

Hopefully, it'll be some place with tighter security than the Patna Museum.

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