Jammu, Oct 17: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Friday landed in Kalmykia, Russia to lead the delegation to bring back holy Buddha relics after a week-long exposition.
LG Sinha extended his gratitude to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for providing him with “this sacred opportunity.”
He left for Kalmykia on Thursday night.
The Office of LG J&K revealed this with a post on ‘X’.
“Leaving for Kalmykia, Russia, where I will lead the delegation to bring back holy relics of Lord Buddha after a week-long exposition. I sincerely thank the Hon’ble PM Shri @narendramodi Ji for this sacred opportunity,” read the post along with a video of his departure.
Later, on Friday evening, another post was shared by the Office of LG J&K on ‘X’, with a collage of pictures, giving a brief glimpse of his landing in Elista in Kalmykia.
“Landed in Elista, Kalmykia, Russia. Looking forward to paying my obeisance to holy relics of Lord Buddha and interaction with Batu Sergeyevich Khasikov, Head of the Republic of Kalmykia, Head of the Buddhists of Kalmykia, Shajin Lama of Kalmykia, venerable monks and local devotees,” the post read.
