Shakyamuni's Nirvana and Buddha relics

Shakyamuni's Nirvana and Buddha relics

Buddhism founder Shakyamuni went into Nirvana at the age of 80 on the 15th of February in Chinese lunar calendar. This date is a major Buddhism festival.

Shakyamuni's finger relic.

After Shakyamuni's Nirvana his body was cremated. After cremation, there were a lot of relics left including bone relics, teeth relics, a middle finger relic and large amount of pearl shape relics. These relics were divided into eight parts and given to the eight countries of ancient India. They took the Buddha relics back to their respective countries and built stupa to preserve and worship the Buddha relics.

The gold tower in which Shakyamuni's finger relic is preserved.

These relics looked shiny and are even harder than iron. When some monk's relics were struck with a iron hammer, the relics were not deformed a single bit when the iron hammer is deformed.

The middle finger relics of Shakyamuni is now being preserved in Fa