Buddhist Master Hsing Yun explained that the tooth relic originally was enshrined in India, but in the 13th century, due to the arrival of the Muslim religion, was transferred to Tibet by a Tibetan king. During the Cultural Revolution, in order to avoid destruction of the tooth by the Red Guards, Tibetan Buddhist master Kuanga Dorje Rinpoche fled from China and carried the relic back to India.
星雲法師指出，佛牙原被供奉於印度，十三世紀時回教入侵印度，遂被西藏國王丘極泊巴迎請到西藏「囊極拉齋寺」，文化大革命時，貢噶多傑仁波切為了保護佛牙免遭紅衛兵破壞，帶著佛牙逃亡到印度。