Ilyumzhinov, according to Buddhist tradition, tied a red ribbon on the sacred bodhisattva tree. During a visit to the temple, a monk blessed Kirsan Ilyumzhinov and opened the way with the golden crown of Buddha Shakyamuni.
On August 31, the first President of Kalmykia, sixth President of FIDE Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, while on a business visit to Sri Lanka, visited the main Buddhist temple of Sri Lanka.
There Ilyumzhinov performed a ritual near a tree that grew from the seed of the Bodhi tree, under which Prince Gautama attained enlightenment and became a Buddha. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov poured sacred water from a silver bowl on a tree.
While watering the sacred tree, Ilyumzhinov wished well-being to the entire Kalmyk people, asked for prosperity and health for them, and prayed for an early end to the pandemic.
