Sri Lanka police launched an investigation on April 20 into a photo circulated on social media claiming to show a Buddha ...

open image in gallery Faithful rest on a pavement under a scaffold to queue overnight at Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple, the Temple of the Tooth, in Kandy on 18 April 2025 (AFP via Getty ...

COLOMBO: The rare exposition of the sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha has been concluded in Sri Lanka's central town of Kandy ...

The image reportedly originated from the Temple of the ... records, the tooth relic, brought to Kandy in 1590, came to symbolise Buddhist holiness, becoming Sri Lanka's most treasured possession ...

The 10-day public exhibition of the sacred tooth relic which commenced on April 18 after a respite of 16 years ends today. Revered by millions and regarded as Sri Lanka’s seal of sovereignty ... was ...

No cameras or mobile phones were allowed in the inner sanctum of the Temple ... the tooth relic, brought to Kandy in 1590, came to symbolise Buddhist holiness, becoming Sri Lanka’s most ...

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 ...

Buddhists flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged by authorities ... in line this morning may not be able to enter the temple," Deputy Inspector General Pathinayake said.

The artefact is housed in the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic, a Unesco world heritage site known locally as the Sri Dalada Maligawa. The relic is on public display for the first time since 2009.