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 ...

It was on the Poson full moon day in June 306 B.C. (i.e. 237 years after the demise of the Buddha), that Arhat Mahinda formally introduced Buddhism including the Tripitaka to Sri Lanka ... tree with ...

Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Thero, a prominent Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka, has expressed his happiness and gratitude towards ...

Time was when we had to observe the five precepts chanting in front of the omnipresent Buddha statue in every Buddhist ... from Sri Lankan friends and families. All those practices seem to have ...

One of the greatest examples of cultural sharing in the world, is the spread of Buddhism from India to Sri Lanka. The Island ... the Mahabodhi Temple at Bodh Gaya remains the most sacred spot ...

It ranks among the very first temples in Sri Lanka, founded by Devanampiyatissa, the first Buddhist king. It is to the Aluvihare temple that you must go to absorb traditions of Sri Lankan Buddhism ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday (April 6, 2025) travelled to the historic city of Anuradhapura in north-central Sri Lanka ... Bodhi temple and paid respects at the revered Buddhist shrine ...

Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a ...