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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The ten-day exposition held after 16 years at the Temple of Tooth Relic in Kandy concluded on April 27, ending the serpentine lines of pilgrims that sometimes ran up to five kilometres. Some pilgrims ...

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 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 ...

KANDY - Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight ... 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 Buddhists ...