Which monastery hosted the seven-day exposition of the Sacred Relics that concluded on 7 November 2026?
- A.Golden Pagoda, Namsai
- B.Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery, Bomdila
- C.Gaden Namgyal Lhatse, Tawang
- D.Upper Gompa, Rupa
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Explanation
The correct answer is Gaden Namgyal Lhatse, the Tawang Monastery. The seven-day public exposition of the Sacred Relics of Shakyamuni Buddha there ended on 7 November 2026, after thousands of devotees and visitors from all the blocks of Tawang and the neighbouring areas came for darshan. Option B is the monastery at Bomdila, which is the next stage and held the relics from 8 to 13 November 2026, not the one that closed on 7 November. Option A, the Golden Pagoda at Namsai, is the stage after Bomdila, with darshan from 14 to 20 November 2026, before the relics return to the National Museum in New Delhi on 21 November 2026. Option D confuses two places on the Bomdila leg: Rupa is where the Army Helipad is, and the Upper Gompa is where the procession halted briefly on its way to the Lower Gompa.
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Practice Questions
In which state is Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery, where the Sacred Relics of Shakyamuni Buddha were enshrined in November 2026?
- A.Sikkim
- B.Arunachal Pradesh
- C.Himachal Pradesh
- D.Ladakh
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Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery, known locally as the Lower Gompa, stands at Bomdila in Arunachal Pradesh, and the Sacred Relics of Shakyamuni Buddha were enshrined there on 8 November 2026 for public darshan until 13 November 2026.
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- A.By an Indian Navy ship
- B.By a special train
- C.By an Indian Air Force Chinook helicopter
- D.By an Indian Army convoy from Namsai
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The relics were flown from Tawang to Bomdila aboard a Chinook of the Indian Air Force, accompanied by Bhikkhu Khemachara, the Deputy Secretary General of the International Buddhist Confederation, and officials of the Ministry of Culture, the National Museum in New Delhi and the IBC.
Read the full explanation →About how many devotees had darshan of the Sacred Relics at Bomdila on the first day of the exposition?
- A.400
- B.4,000
- C.14,000
- D.40,000
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On 8 November 2026, the opening day of the public exposition at Thubchog Gatsel Ling Monastery in Bomdila, around four thousand devotees came to have darshan of the Sacred Relics of Shakyamuni Buddha.
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