The Culture Ministry says 31,000 devotees and visitors attended the public exhibition of Shakyamuni Buddha's relics at Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh. The figure was released on 8 November, a day after the monastery's seven-day exhibition ended.
The relics had arrived from the National Museum in New Delhi on 31 October. The ministry organised the exhibition with the Arunachal Pradesh government and the International Buddhist Confederation, bringing the objects to Tawang for a temporary public display.
The final count covers the Tawang exhibition, rather than the whole tour. The ministry identified Bomdila as the next stop, with a separate public exhibition from 8 November.
