Many ancient Buddhist relics on public display for the first time

Relics were found inside a Buddha statue by the senior lama of Tuva

Stupa to house one of the world’s largest collections of sacred Buddhist relics

Start of a project to rescue and restore Buddhist relics from Mes Aynak

9th century artifact dated to the Tibetan empire

Purported Buddha's relics discovered in ruins of temple complex

Historical relics and local population suffer under pervasive haze

4.6-meter statue of Shakyamuni Buddha based on a 17th-century design

Sustaining a living tradition

Ancient Buddhist site witnesses tourism boom

Carvings date back to two great Tibetan emperors

Statue believed to date to the Ming dynasty

Exhibition of relics extended due to large number of visitors

Stupa to reopen to the public with a Buddhist ceremony later this month