Two drummers were accompanied by a duo playing little bronze trumpets. The quartet were dressed in white and red robes, that were twisted around their torsos and draped over their legs, and they were ...

Thousands of pilgrims camped overnight outside Sri Lanka's holiest Buddhist temple in anticipation of Friday's display of a prized relic that will be shown to the public for the first time in 16 years ...

Christians in Sri Lanka joined groups of Muslims and Hindus to assist some 1 million Buddhist pilgrims, who waited in line for long hours to visit a rare exposition of the Buddha’s tooth relic in ...

Away from the bustle, a traveller explores a relaxing getaway and cultural hotspots in Sri Lanka’s second largest city Known as Sri Lanka’s cultural heart, Kandy is known for its colonial-era ...

Clocks in the train station in Kandy Photo: Jan Wlodarczyk / Alamy Kandy House, Kandy. Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. Photo: Steve Lennie / Alamy Temple of the Tooth in Kandy. Photo: Steve Lennie / ...