A ten-day exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic begins on Friday ... In the Dambadeniya period, during the reign of Vijayabahu III (1232-1236), they were brought and kept in a temple built at Beligala.

This sacred Buddhist site, popularly known as the city of Senkadagalapura, was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage enabled the Dinahala culture to flourish for more than 2,500 years ...

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The tooth relic, considered sacred by Buddhists, was flown in earlier in the day from the Lingguang Temple in Beijing, which normally houses it. Loans of the tooth as a show of friendship have ...

Rewatha Thera on February 14 at Temple Trees to be taken to India for planting at the Buddhagaya Vihara ... In time, the Bodhi tree became a symbol of political power for the Sinhalese Kings until the ...