This sacred city was established around a cutting from the 'tree of enlightenment', the Buddha's fig tree, brought there in the 3rd century B.C. by Sanghamitta, the founder of an order of Buddhist ...

Click on the headlines to read more PM Modi visits sacred city of Anuradhapura in Sri Lanka. Know history, significance Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, accompanied by Sri Lankan President ...

During his visit Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Anuradhapura and pay homage at the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi ... Anuradhapura is a Buddhist pilgrim city and a World Heritage Property.

The sacred city of Anuradhapura, once the kingdom of many an illustrious ruler of the country, was transformed into a place of pomp and glory yesterday, as the city took centre stage for the nation to ...

The dawn of the New Year 2025 is further glorified by the meritorious ‘Exposition of the sacred Tooth Relic of the ‘Gautama ...

Anuradhapura was also the center of Theravada Buddhism for many centuries. The ancient city, considered sacred to the Buddhist world, is today a great site of ancient monasteries, covering an area ...

The civilization which was built upon this city was one of the great world ... relic sites in the country. Some ruins of Anuradhapura include the Sri Maha bodhiya or temple (the bodhi tree, sacred to ...

Ven. K Medhankara Thero, a prominent Buddhist monk expressed his happiness over Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second visit to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple in Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday visited the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple in the historic city of Anuradhapura ... "Offered prayers at the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura with ...

Furthermore, ICOMOS noted that the boundaries delineated on the official map of the Sacred City of Anuradhapura exclude important areas of the World Heritage site. Therefore, ICOMOS recommended that ...

Dispelling all doubts, miraculously, the sacred Relic emerged from the casket, appearing in the sky, radiating a luminous aura. Thereafter, under Royal patronage, the city of Anuradhapura was ...