Overview
- Kiren Rijiju, who visited Jivetsal on Tuesday, said on X he was deeply humbled to venerate the Piprahwa relics.
- Organizers from the Ladakh Buddhist Association Youth Wing reported about 15,000 visitors, with long queues forming from early morning across villages in Leh district.
- Senior monks including the 9th Thiksey Rinpoche and Kelkhang Rinpoche paid homage at the site, where a National Museum official presented a memento.
- The relics remain on public display at Jivetsal through May 11 before moving to Zanskar, with plans reported to return to Leh and then fly back to Delhi the following week.
- The 15‑day programme features daily prayers by monks from 16 Ladakhi monasteries and follows the relics’ April 29 arrival in Leh on an Indian Air Force aircraft.