Revered by millions and regarded as Sri Lanka’s seal of sovereignty, the sacred tooth relic of the Buddha, since its arrival in the island, had been the insignia of the royalty, shifting to wherever ...

The relic is believed by devotees to be a tooth of the Buddha. Nearly 450,000 pilgrims – more than double the expected number – lined up for a rare public display of the relic on 23 April. The ...

The relic is believed by devotees to be a tooth of the Buddha. Nearly 450,000 pilgrims ... under a scaffold to queue overnight at Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple, the Temple of the Tooth ...

COLOMBO: The rare exposition of the sacred tooth relic of Lord Buddha has been concluded in Sri Lanka's central town of Kandy ...

Buddhist devotees flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged to stay clear by police on Thursday after hundreds ...

COLOMBO -Buddhists flocking to see a sacred tooth in Sri Lanka were urged by the authorities ... worship what they believe to be a tooth of the Buddha – a special showing of the relic that ...

Sri Lankan authorities are urging people to stop flocking to the city of Kandy to see a sacred relic after four people died and hundreds fell ill from spending long hours in overcrowded queues.