The recent scenes at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, where thousands gathered to pay homage, offer a sobering ...

The relic, believed to be the left canine of Lord Buddha, is held in deep reverence by Sri Lanka’s Buddhist majority.

An investigation is underway in Sri Lanka to determine how an image of the sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha went viral ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims thronged Sri Lanka's holy city of Kandy on Friday at the start of a rare display of a prized ...

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

Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a ...

Kandy (Sri Lanka) (AFP) – Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the ...

open image in gallery Military officials help devotees cross a fence to avoid chaos during a gathering for a public exhibition at the Temple of the Sacred Tooth in Kandy on 18 April 2025 (AFP via ...

Kandy authorities reportedly turned away ... it drew around one million people. The Temple of the Sacred Tooth is located near the ancient Royal Palace and is one of the most revered Buddhist ...

Kandy (Sri Lanka) (AFP) — Thousands of pilgrims camped ... Around 10,000 police have been deployed to safeguard the Temple of the Tooth as it launches a 10-day exhibition of what Sri Lankan ...