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 ...

Sri Dalada Maligawa, or the Temple of the Tooth is a revered Buddhist pilgrimage site But it is not all massages and mindfulness; I want to see something of Kandy too. So, one cloudy afternoon, I head ...

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 ...

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya stated that for the first time in history, mosques in Kandy opened their doors to accommodate the needs of devotees visiting the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic ...

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 Sacred Tooth Relic was taken in procession from the Tooth Relic Temple to Abhayagiri Temple ... brought the Sacred Tooth Relic to Kandy from Delgamuwa – where it was kept hidden – and ...

Kandy is a city draped over hills and ... This is the home of Sri Lanka’s most important Buddhist relic – a tooth of the Buddha. The temple is a cultural and spiritual epicentre with daily ...

and under the direction of the Diyawadana Nilame of the historic Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy. The event will continue for 10 days, from today until April 27. A large number of devotees ...

the Temple of the Tooth, in the central pilgrim city of Kandy on April 18, 2025, ahead of an exposition of the sacred relics. The public display of what Buddhists believe to be a tooth relic of ...

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 ...