Colombo (AFP) – India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Sri Lanka's sacred Buddhist tree on ... is worshipped ...

COLOMBO: India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Sri Lanka’s sacred Buddhist tree on Sunday before wrapping up a state visit during which he secured defence and energy deals. Modi offered ...

Colombo (AFP) – India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid homage to Sri Lanka's sacred Buddhist ... as a symbol of the "living Buddha", its branches propped up by gold-plated iron supports.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday travelled to the historic city of Anuradhapura in North-Central Sri Lanka and launched ...

Earlier, the two leaders went to the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple and offered prayers ... of $15 million for promoting Buddhist ties between India and Sri Lanka. The first project under this grant ...

Earlier in the day, PM Modi arrived in Anuradhapura as part of his three-day visit to Sri Lanka. The two leaders also visited the Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi temple, one of the most sacred Buddhist sites ...

There was a clear sense of mutual comfort and goodwill between ... Mahabodhi Temple in Anuradhapura and his interaction with the Mahanayake’s (senior Buddhist clergy) symbolised India’s enduring ...

Earlier, the sacred primordial flame that had burnt in every Lankan’s lionheart breast, that had withstood every Chola and Pandya attempt to steal or tame, was deemed inextinguishable even by ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Colombo ... Eliya temple in Nuwara Eliya. In his address, PM Modi said, “There are centuries-old spiritual ties between India and Sri Lanka. I am extremely happy ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake jointly launched the signalling system for the Maho-Anuradhapura railway line – a project supported by the government of ...

The Greek Buddhist monk Nyanadassana has been a senior monk of the ancient Buddhist Theravada tradition for 37 years in Sri ...