A gift of great value
A gift of great value Faizul Khan Tanim finds out what the hair relic handed over on July 18 to a high-powered Sri Lankan delegation means to the Buddhist community photo Focusbangla On July 18, the handing over of the hair relics of Gautum Buddha from the Chittagong Buddhist Monastery at Nandan Kanan, Chittagong, to a group of Sri Lankan representatives, may have been treated as a fairly low-key event in Bangladesh, but in Sri Lanka, and in many parts of the world where Buddhists reside, it will be an event of great religious, political, economic and social value. A delegation of 30 members including five government ministers, led by Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama and four high priests were members of the Sri Lanka team who spent three days in Bangladesh. The delegation also included Mass Media and Information Minister Anura Priyadarshana Yapa, Cultural Affairs Minister Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, Religious Affairs and Moral Upliftment Minister Pandu Bandaranaike, and Minister fo...