open image in gallery Buddhist devotees stand in queues as they wait to enter the Temple of the Sacred Tooth for a public exhibition of a sacred relic in Kandy on 18 April 2025 (AFP via Getty ...

Tens of thousands of pilgrims thronged Sri Lanka's holy city of Kandy on Friday at the start of a rare display of a prized Buddhist ... designated temple when the tooth relic was last displayed ...

Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation ... visited the UNESCO-designated temple when the tooth relic was last displayed in March 2009.