This year's Kandy Esala Perahera Festival will commence on July 25 with the traditional Kap Situweema (planting of the ...

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 Buddhist relic, triggering traffic chaos and public protests. - Long ...

As the last seat of Sinhalese royal power, Kandy is one of Sri Lanka’s most significant historical and cultural hubs today, with a flourishing arts and music scene. It also plays a major role in Sri ...

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka for an official visit ...

Kandy is first mentioned in the fourteenth century, when the Temple of the Tooth, was built to contain that famous relic of Buddha brought to Sri Lanka for safety about 311. In 1592 the town became ...

Sri Lanka: Overwhelmed Kandy sees 450,000 Buddhists for sacred tooth, ... even those already in line this morning may not be able to enter the temple," Deputy Inspector General Pathinayake said.

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 public ...

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 ...

Devotees rest on the pavement under a scaffold to queue overnight at Sri Lank's holiest Buddhist temple, the Temple of the Tooth, in the central pilgrim city of Kandy on April 18, 2025, ahead of ...