Highlighting the deep-rooted civilisational and religious ties between India and Bhutan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday joined Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck in in search of blessings from the Holy Relics of Lord Buddha amid a rousing welcome by native monks at Thimphu’s Tashichhodzong.
The relics from India, at the moment enshrined on the Grand Kuenrey Corridor in Tashichhodzong, have been despatched for exposition as a particular gesture from the folks of India to Bhutan to honour the Fourth King’s seventieth beginning anniversary and the World Peace Prayer Pageant organised by the Royal Authorities of Bhutan.
“PM Narendra Modi joined His Majesty the King of Bhutan and sought blessings from the Holy Relics of Lord Buddha. Accompanied by chants by monks, they prayed to the Holy Relics,” the Ministry of Exterior Affairs (MEA) posted on X.
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Buddhism is a shared heritage between India and Bhutan. Various Bhutanese pilgrims journey to Bodh Gaya, Rajgir, Nalanda, Sikkim, Udayagiri, Sarnath and different Buddhist websites in India.
As a part of the fiftieth anniversary celebrations of the institution of diplomatic relations between India and Bhutan, the Je Khenpo presided over the groundbreaking ceremony to assemble a Bhutanese temple in Rajgir. The temple was formally consecrated in September this yr. The statue of Zhabdrung—a revered determine in Bhutan, considered the founding father of the Bhutanese nation—at the moment on exhibition on the Simtokha Dzong in Bhutan, has been loaned by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata.
Prime Minister Modi had visited Bhutan on his first abroad go to after assuming workplace in 2014. In August 2019, PM Modi undertook a state go to to Bhutan after assuming workplace for the second time period. PM Modi paid one other landmark state go to to Bhutan in March 2024, the place he was conferred the Order of the Druk Gyalpo, Bhutan’s highest civilian ornament, by the King of Bhutan in a public ceremony on the Tendrelthang, Thimphu. Prime Minister Modi was the primary overseas chief to obtain this prestigious award.
As per rating and priority established, the Order of the Druk Gyalpo was instituted because the ornament for lifetime achievement and is the head of the honour system in Bhutan, taking priority over all orders, decorations, and medals.
Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck had introduced the conferment of the award throughout Bhutan’s 114th Nationwide Day celebrations held on the Tashichhodzong, Thimphu, in December 2021. The award recognised Prime Minister Modi’s contribution to strengthening India-Bhutan friendship and his people-centric management. The quotation added that the award additionally honours India’s rise as a worldwide energy beneath his management and celebrates Bhutan’s particular bond with India. Prime Minister Modi’s management has set India on the trail of transformation, and India’s ethical authority and international affect have grown.
Whereas receiving the award, Prime Minister Modi had underlined that it was an honour bestowed on the 1.4 billion folks of Bharat and a testomony to the particular and distinctive ties between the 2 international locations.
About 50,000 Indians are presently working in Bhutan in sectors reminiscent of infrastructure growth, hydropower, training, commerce, and commerce—signifying shut people-to-people ties between the 2 international locations. Their contribution and repair to the general growth of Bhutan have been recognised each domestically and internationally.