As in India, magnificent stupas were made in the early period in Sri Lanka. The Mirisawetiya Stupa in Anuradhapura, of the second century BCE, is 59 meters high and brings before us the grandeur ...

Ven. Pallegama Hemarathana Thero, a prominent Buddhist monk in Sri Lanka, has expressed his happiness and gratitude towards Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second visit to Sri Lanka’s Anuradhapura and ...

Anuradhapura is very special for people as they come to this place for 2300-year-old Bodhi tree. This is the place where Buddhism started in Sri Lanka," he said. "Stupa here had relics of Buddha ...

Wild elephant encounters and ancient royal palaces are just some of the highlights of cycling through Sri Lanka, as Fiona Harper discovers.

Anuradhapura, Kandy and Dambulla are just three ... a symbolic act and the Sacred Hair Relics conserved here in the domed stupa are believed to belong to the Supremely Enlightened One.

Dotted by ancient stupas, monasteries, and relics, Anuradhapura is home to many famous Buddhist sites in Sri Lanka. The Jetavanaramaya Stupa, originally 122 metres tall, was the world’s tallest stupa ...

This sapling, planted in Anuradhapura, attracts thousands of devotees even today. Anuradhapura is home to many famous Buddhist sites in Sri Lanka. Jetavanaramaya Stupa: The originally 122 metres tall ...