Buddha's sacred relics honored in Ha Noi

This veneration marks a spiritual highlight of the 20th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations 2025, which were held in Ho Chi Minh City from May 6 to 8.

The sacred relics of the Buddha, a revered national treasure of India, have been solemnly enshrined at Quan Su Pagoda in Ha Noi, the central seat of the Viet Nam Buddhist Sangha. This veneration marks a spiritual highlight of the 20th United Nations Day of Vesak Celebrations 2025, which were held in Ho Chi Minh City from May 6 to 8.

The veneration of the Buddha's sarira will be open to the public at Quan Su Pagoda from May 14 to 16, offering the faithful a rare and sacred opportunity for homage.

The relics, kept at the National Museum in New Delhi, are being brought to Viet Nam for veneration from May 2 to 21. During this period, they will be housed at four prominent pagodas across the country, deepening spiritual bonds between India and Viet Nam and honoring the Buddha's life and teachings.

Quan Su Pagoda is the third destination in the four notable pagodas across Viet Nam welcoming the Buddha relic, along with Thanh Tam Pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City, Ba Den Pagoda in the southern province of Tay Ninh, and Tam Chuc Pagoda in the northern province of Ha Nam.

After May 21, the sarira will be returned to India.

According to Vietnam's White Book on Religions, as of 2021, Buddhism had the highest number of followers, with over 14 million followers and 18,544 places of worship.

Reporter Huy Pham from The Ha Noi Times helps readers explore the solemn and exciting procession and veneration of the Buddha sarira this evening in Ha Noi.