Republic of Kalmykia

[ Ru ] President of the international organization of FIDE, the former head of Kalmykia Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Russia Mr. Udayanga Weeratunga.

Were to discuss the transfer of the Bodhi tree sapling with a view to its subsequent delivery to Kalmykia.

“It is proposed that the ceremony will be held in February this year in Colombo. Bodhi tree – the legendary tree under which the Buddha attained enlightenment” – written on the Internet billionaire Kirsan Ilyumzhinov.

Recall that in November 2011, from Sri Lanka to Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, were brought relics of the Buddha Sakyamuni.

At the suggestion of billionaire Kirsan Nikolayevich Buddha relics were deposited in the central temple the “Golden Abode of Buddha Shakyamuni.”

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