Two drummers were accompanied by a duo playing little bronze trumpets. The quartet were dressed in white and red robes, that were twisted around their torsos and draped over their legs, and they were ...

Sri Lanka police launched an investigation Sunday into a photo circulated on social media claiming to show a Buddha tooth relic, which has gone on display under tight security. The Criminal ...

The gold casket contains the tooth relic of Buddha. It is located in a temple in what was a king’s palace complex in Kandy in Sri Lanka. The 500-year-old city is on a plateau surrounded by hills in ...

In all of Ceylon, no relic is considered holier or more miraculous than the supposed tooth of Lord Buddha encased in the innermost of seven gold caskets in the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. The pious ...

Christians in Sri Lanka joined groups of Muslims and Hindus to assist some 1 million Buddhist pilgrims, who waited in line for long hours to visit a rare exposition of the Buddha’s tooth relic in ...

The ‘Esala Maha Perahera’ - the historic pageant of the hill country has once again commenced parading the streets of Kandy, bringing much joy, veneration and enthusiasm among the Buddhists as well as ...

One of the biggest religious festivals in Ceylon is Esala Perahera, held each year for centuries in honor of the tooth of Buddha, which is enshrined in Kandy, Ceylon. While the densely packed pilgrims ...

"A tree is a wonderful living organism, which gives shelter, food, warmth, and protection to all living beings,” says my Black Tomato guide Amith, as he reads from the plaque of a towering banyan tree ...

This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage enabled the Dinahala culture to flourish for more than 2,500 years ...

Police reported that an estimated 125,000 people worshipped the relic on the first day of the display - Copyright AFP Ishara S. KODIKARA Police reported that an ...

Sri Lanka police launched an investigation on April 20 into a photo circulated on social media claiming to show a Buddha tooth relic, which has gone on display under tight security. The Criminal ...