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| August 13, 2010 | Buddha's skull to be enshrined at world famous Bao'en Temple tower in China | | New Delhi: A part of Gautam Buddha's skull will be kept at an ancient Buddhist tower in China's Jiangsu Province, which was a world wonder during the medieval ages. Buddha's remains, or sarira, would be worshipped in the tower after workers rebuild the tower by the end of 2011, said Kong Li, an official with the city government of Nanjing
on Thursday. The rebuilding work is to begin at the tower's original site this
year, more than 150 years after it was destroyed. A ruins park would also be built
at the same location, Xinhua quoted Kong, as saying. The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing,
also known as "Bao'en temple", which means "Temple of Gratitude", was ranked one
of the Seven Wonders of the World during medieval times. The tower was first built
during the reign of Chinese Emperor Yong Le (1403-1425) of the Ming Dynasty for
his mother. But it was completely destroyed during the war between the Qing Imperial
Court and the Taiping rebels in 1856. The holy remains to be enshrined in the
Porcelain Tower were unveiled in June this year. Uncovered from an underground
chamber of the Porcelain Tower, the sarira is now enshrined in Qixia Temple in
Nanjing. It is said that 2,500 years ago, Buddha's disciples recovered one skull
bone, four teeth, two collarbones and 84,000 particles of relics from the cremation
pyre of Sakyamuni. Danapala, an eminent monk from India, brought the skull bone
of Sakyamuni to China as tribute during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 A.D.),
said Hua Guorong, deputy head of Nanjing City Museum.
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