Inside the Temple of the Sacred Tooth Relic in Kandy, visitors can admire ornate halls, golden statues, and intricate decorations that reflect centuries of Buddhist tradition. As one of Sri Lanka’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Buddhist monks stand at the site of a cable car accident in Sri Lanka on Thursday, September 25. - AFP/Getty Images At least seven ...

Sri Lanka's Vesak celebrations, including parades and public offerings, reveal striking similarities to Hindu festivals in Kerala, suggesting a shared historical Buddhist legacy impacting Keralan ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - Pope Francis paid a surprise visit to a Buddhist temple on Wednesday, capping a trip to Sri Lanka where he told huge crowds that religions must unite to heal the country ...

Aruni Ruwandathi, a Christian graduate student, was surprised to find a bas-relief sculpture of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at Tulana in Kelaniya. Buddhist monk Ven. Uttarananda Thera had ...

Sri Lanka's top Buddhist prelates have urged the government to safeguard the birthplace of Buddhism in the country after it decided to withdraw military personnel deployed at the historical pilgrimage ...

(CNN) — At least seven Buddhist monks, including three foreign nationals, died in a cable car accident at a Sri Lankan monastery on Wednesday, local police told CNN. The monks were among 13 people ...