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Niraj Kumar is a Buddhist scholar as well as a senior official in Ministry of Culture, Government of India –

Niraj Kumar led India's effort to bring Holy Relics of Buddha to Thailand, fostering cultural exchange and spiritual reverence in a historic event.

He has translated the mysterious and cryptic Kalachakra Tantra from Sanskrit into English and has also contributed a new detailed  commentary. This text is the last major text of Buddhism written in India , and as per Kumar, is the capsule of Nalanda tradition.
Hailing from Nalanda , Kumar was entrusted by his government  to  organize the yatra of Holy Relics of Lord Buddha and two his disciples, Sariputta and Mahamogallana.
He came to Thailand as the leader of the Advanced Team on 21 December and visited different venues alongwith his 4 member team.  The dates , venues and duration of exposition were finalized between two governments…

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