The Buddha's parietal-bone relic is placed inside the Ashoka pagoda at Qixia Temple in Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, April 25, 2012. A Grand Blessing Ceremony for worshipping Buddha's parietal-bone relic will be held in Hong Kong from April 25 to 30. The relic is being moved out of China's mainland for a public worship for the first time after it was unearthed in June 2010 in Nanjing. It will be send back to Nanjing on May 4. (Xinhua/Yang Lei)

 The only existing Sakyamuni Buddha's parietal-bone relic has been enshrined in the Hong Kong Coliseum Wednesday afternoon shortly after its arrival from Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province.

President of the Buddhist Association of China Chuan Yin, President of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association Kok Kwong, Secretary for Home Affairs of Hong Kong Tsang Tak-sing, Director of the State Administration for Religious Affairs Wang Zuo'an as well as other eminent monks and leaders attended the grand ceremony.

The 11th Panchen Lama, Bainqen Erdini Qoigyijabu is also present. This is the first time that the 11th Panchen Lama made a public appearance outside the Chinese mainland.

The parietal-bone relic is open to public worship for six consecutive days from April 25 to 30. Tens of thousands of Buddhist devotees will pay homage to the sacred relic. Local Buddhist followers and, indeed, all citizens are privileged to have this rare opportunity to see such sacred and precious relic.

Following the unearthing of Buddha's parietal-bone relic in June 2010 in Nanjing, this is the first time the sacred relic was moved out from the Chinese mainland. After public obeisance in Hong Kong, it is to be conveyed to the Macao region.

It is estimated that out of Hong Kong's 7 million population, 1 million people believe in Buddhism. "The Grand Blessing Ceremony for Worshipping Buddha's Parietal-Bone Relic" is the largest scale of its kind and the most spectacular Buddhist ritual ceremony ever held in Hong Kong.

The parietal bone of Sakyamuni was allegedly remained after the Buddha's nirvana. It had been unearthed in 2008 when archaeologists discovered unexpectedly a crypt in the ruins of the Changgan Temple which was built in Song Dynasty during the excavation works at the Nanjing Grand Bao'en Temple.