Stone Caskets with Buddha's Relics | Egmore Museum, Chennai

Did you know that these ancient stone caskets from Chennai’s Egmore Museum once contained something very precious? Buddha’s relics, no less!

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Image Attributions-
Death of Buddha slab - By © Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Parinirvana Stupa - By Ronit 255 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Buddha’s hair relic - By AKS.9955 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Ramabhar Stupa - By Prince Roy from Arlington, Virginia, USA - The Buddha's cremation stupa, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Relic Stupa, Vaisali - By Hideyuki KAMON - originally posted to Flickr as Buddha's ashes Stupa, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Piprahwa Stupa - By Anandajoti - http://www.photodharma.net/India/Stup..., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Dhamek Stupa - By Preeti Prajapati - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Dharmarajika Stupa - By Mhtoori - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Steatite container - By No machine-readable author provided. World Imaging assumed (based on copyright claims). - No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Bimaran casket - By World Imaging - Bimaran casket. British Museum. Personal photograph 2005., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Piprahwa vase - By Smith, Vincent Arthur, 1848-1920; Edwardes, S. M. (Stephen Meredyth), 1873-1927 - The early history of India : from 600 B.C. to the Muhammadan conquest, including the invasion of Alexander the Great. Publication date 1924 [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Kanishka Casket - By Anthony Huan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/anthony..., CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Sanchi Stupa - By Biswarup Ganguly, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Buddha Dhatu Jadi - By Shimul Kanti Barua - The Buddha Dhatu Zadi (Golden Temple), Balaghata, Pulpara, Bandarban Sadar, Bandarban Hill District, Bangladesh., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Borobudur - By Unknown author - Unknown source, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Pha That Luang - By Aaron Smith from London, United Kingdom - Vientiane, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...
Shwedagon Pagoda - By Bjørn Christian Tørrissen - Own work by uploader, http://bjornfree.com/, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...