The relic is believed by devotees to be a tooth of the Buddha. Nearly 450,000 pilgrims – more than double the expected number – lined up for a rare public display of the relic on 23 April. The ...

Buddhists flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged by authorities to stay away on April 24 after four people ...

The 10-day exhibition ends on April 27. Sri Lanka’s majority Buddhist population believes that the Buddha’s left canine is enshrined at the temple. It is more than an object of religious ...

The Clean Sri Lanka programme respectfully urges all devotees visiting the Sri Dalada Maligawa (Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic) for the veneration of the sacred relics, to avoid bringing ...

Buddhist devotees flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged to stay clear by police on Thursday after hundreds of people queuing fell sick and a woman ...