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

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 ...

A bus transporting a group of pilgrims veered off the road and fell into a lower-level by road at Kurudugahamada in ...

Classes in Kandy have been cancelled ... people were estimated to have visited the UNESCO-designated temple when the tooth relic was last displayed in March 2009. The 1998 bombing of the temple ...

Devotees are frisked before being allowed into the sacred area of the Temple of the Tooth in the central city of Kandy. No bags or parcels are permitted, while the use of mobile phones is also ...

The rare exposition of the Buddhist relics came after 16 years and witnessed support from different religious groups ...

Devotees are frisked before being allowed into the sacred area of the Temple of the Tooth in the central city of Kandy. No bags or parcels are permitted, while the use of mobile phones is also ban ...

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 ...

Kandy authorities reportedly turned away 32 buses carrying ... a stampede,” provincial governor Sarath Abeykoon was quoted as saying by AFP. The Temple of the Sacred Tooth is located near the ancient ...

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 ...