Sacred Buddha tooth relic displayed in Sri Lanka after 16 years

The event will continue for 10 days until April 27, and the relics will be available to the public for viewing from noon till 5 pm local time, said a statement by the office of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

Ambassadors from 17 nations including India were arranged to travel by train to Kandy to view the exposition, according to the statement.

Tens of thousands of Buddhist devotees are expected to venerate the relic, Mahawela Rathanapala, a senior monk in the holy shrine of the Temple of the Tooth in Kandy, told reporters…| read more on Deccan Herald