Buddha's skull to be enshrined
Holy relic of founder of Buddhism finds home in Nanjing Museum
BEIJING - A sarira believed to have been made from the skull of Sakyamuni - the founder of Buddhism - will be enshrined in Qixia Temple in Jiangsu province's capital Nanjing on Saturday morning.
The temple said Buddhist monks and archaeologists will unveil the relic for the first time in the more than 1,000 years it has been stored in an Asoka pagoda.
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