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BANGKOK (AP) — More than 2,000 people took part Wednesday in a procession to escort a relic of the Buddha ... countries on possessing the Buddha’s tooth raise questions about its provenance.

The celebrations marking 2550 years of Buddhism were inaugurated from Kandy, with a procession of floats depicting the places where the Sacred Tooth Relic of the Buddha was kept since its arrival in ...

Formally named Pagoda of the Tooth Relic of Buddha, it is the only great pagoda for the preservation of Buddhist relies built after 1949. Sponsored by Buddhist circles in China, the pagoda was ...

A famous Buddhist temple in China will open a new chapter in its history when monks and archaeologists "unveils" part of the skull believed to be that of Lord Gautam Buddha preserved in its "Ashoka ...

was the last capital of the Sinhala kings whose patronage enabled the Dinahala culture to flourish for more than 2,500 years until the occupation of Sri Lanka by the British in 1815. It is also the ...