Sri Lanka’s Chief Justice, Justice Preethi Padman Surasena, together with a group of Supreme Court judges, recently visited the sacred Sanchi Maha Pooja Bhumi in India, where they paid homage to the relics of the Chief Disciples of the Buddha and worshipped the Sanchi Stupa complex built by Emperor Ashoka, according to the Viharadhipati of Sanchi Chethiyagiri Vihara, Venerable Banagala Vimalatissa Thera.
The Chief Justice and nine Supreme Court judges, who were in Bhopal to participate in an international conference of Supreme Court judges, visited the sacred site and viewed the archaeological monuments there, said resident monk and scholar Venerable Udugama Tapassi Thera.
In addition, a group of Supreme Court judges from Myanmar and several High Court judges from Sri Lanka also visited the Sanchi sacred site on a recent occasion, according to the Chief Incumbent of Sanchi Chethiyagiri Vihara, Chief Sangha Nayaka of Japan, and President of the Sri Lanka Maha Bodhi Society, Venerable Banagala Upatissa Nayaka Thera.
