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Piprahwa relics
January 3 , 2026
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- The exposition of the sacred Piprahwa Relics was hosted in Delhi.
- They are believed to be associated with the mortal remains of Lord Buddha.
- The Piprahwa relics were discovered in 1898 by British civil engineer William Claxton Peppé in Piprahwa, Uttar Pradesh.
- most of the relics were handed over to British colonial authorities and placed in the Indian Museum in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1899.
- However, under the Indian Treasure Trove Act of 1878, Peppe was allowed to retain about one-fifth portion of the findings.
- In the years that followed, parts of the relics were gifted to Buddhist-majority countries like Thailand, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.
- In 2025, Indian government negotiated a deal that secured the relics’ permanent return to India after 127 Years.
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