“A sannasa of Kotte era confirms that the temple had been restored by several monarchs, most notably by King Kithsirimewan and it further records that Kelaniya including the temple, had suffered ...

Annually during the month of Duruthu (January) the most colourful Duruthu Perahera is held at Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya premises to commemorate Gautama Buddha’s third visit to Sri Lanka. ..

Devotees were seen coming in numbers to Kelaniya Temple and were seen engaged in religious observances to mark Esala Full Moon Poya Day. By Pradeep Dilruskshana ..

The temple once again fell into decay when the British captured the Kandyan kingdom in 1815 and it fell on Mrs. Wijewardene to restore the Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya.

Two girls celebrate the Poya Day in the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Sept. 20, 2021. Poya day is a monthly holiday in Sri Lanka, marking the full moon.

But the trial had proved that Somarama had been only the triggerman; the instigator and chief plotter had been Mapitigama Buddharakitha, 41, high priest of the Kelaniya temple outside Colombo.

(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been removed from a top post at the Kelaniya Temple. A proposal had been submitted to remove Wickremesinghe as the Chairman of the ...

Kelaniya Rajamaha Viharaya is the most sacred temple in the Western Province since the Buddha’s sojourn here during his third historic visit to Sri Lanka. It celebrates this event annually in the ...

Sri Lanka Buddhist devotees are seen in the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on March 20, 2019 to celebrate the Poya day. Poya day is a monthly holiday in Sri Lanka, marking the full moon.

Two girls celebrate the Poya Day in the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, Sept. 20, 2021. Poya day is a monthly holiday in Sri Lanka, marking the full moon.