MEET RAJA 🐘 the elephant who carried buddha’s tooth relic for 50 YEARS 😳 His name’s Raja, and he was basically the most important elephant in all of Sri Lanka! Every year, he carried the golden casket that held Buddha’s sacred tooth relic during the country’s biggest religious parade. When he died in 1988, people were devastated and the government even declared him a National Treasure. Instead of burying him, they preserved his body inside the Temple of the Tooth museum… so.. yup, you can stil

1.7M views · 58K reactions | No 3D models, no modern tools, and no room for error — making the Kailasa Temple one of the most jaw-dropping examples of ancient Indian craftsmanship. Carved top-down over 1,200 years ago, this architectural marvel continues to baffle Western scholars, with some even suggesting it may have been an otherworldly creation! #WorldHeritageDay #KailasaTemple #Ellora #WilliamDalrymple | HISTORY | Facebook

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31K views · 362 reactions | BANGKOK - The area in front of the Emerald Buddha temple and the Grand Palace is aglow with colourful lights to help celebrate the display of a sacred Buddha tooth relic loaned to Thailand by China. It can be viewed until Feb 14. Full story link is in the 1st comment. #sanamluang #buddhatoothrelic #toothrelic #emeraldbuddha #grandpalace #bangkok #พระบรมสารีริกธาตุ #พระเขี้ยวแก้ว | Bangkok Post | Facebook