Tens of thousands of pilgrims thronged Sri Lanka's holy city of Kandy on Friday at the start ... Devotees who had camped overnight outside the Temple of the Tooth complained that they were ...

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 ...

In Kandy, this temple houses Lord Buddha’s sacred tooth relic. A key pilgrimage site, it offers stunning architecture and daily rituals. Location: Sri Dalada Veediya, Kandy Entry Fee ...

A range of new projects for the 2025 financial year have been launched under the “Clean Sri Lanka” programme, a flagship ...

Mean while the government is planning to build a one and half kilometer tunnel in the Kandy city connecting Goods shed bus stand and Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic with the railway line. The project ...

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 (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 ...

[AFP] Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple ... will reinforce security at the 16th-century temple in Kandy, which was targeted by Tamil separatists ...