Three tiny shards of bone, believed to be Buddha relics, were discovered in 1908 by British archaeologists at the site of a once-great ancient stupa at Peshawar (in today's Pakistan). For years they were displayed on Mandalay Hill but after thefts of associated gemstones alerted authorities to their vulnerability, the relics were moved to a loveable little museum room in the U-Khanti Monastery.
On request the monk will bring out the little reliquary, place it in a hexagonal light stand and offer the pilgrim a magnifying glass with which to examine in suitable awe the crystal phial within which the bones are almost invisibly housed.
