The exposition of the sacred Devnimori relics of Lord Buddha at the Gangaramaya Temple in Hunupitiya, Colombo, concluded this morning after drawing large numbers of devotees over the past several days.
Devotees were granted the opportunity to pay homage to the relics from February 05. During the six-day exposition, a significant gathering of worshippers, including ministers, diplomats and members of the public, visited the temple to venerate the sacred relics.
The Devnimori relics, which were discovered during archaeological excavations in the 1960s at the historic Devnimori site in Gujarat, India, had never previously been taken outside India before being brought to Sri Lanka for the exposition.
A delegation of Indian officials, including the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Mangubhai C. Patel, and the Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Chowna Mein, arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday (09) to accompany the relics on their return to India.
