High Commission of India
Colombo
PRESS RELEASE
India’s rich Buddhist Heritage to be showcased at Buddhist Templesacross Sri Lanka on every Poya Day
High Commission of India in Colombo is organizing a Buddhist Exhibition at the Sri Sambodhi Maha Vihara Temple on the occasion of Medin Poya today. The exhibition showcases India’s rich Buddhist heritage with a series of photographs depicting significant episodes from the life of the Buddha and some of the prominent Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India. It underlines our deep cultural connect and shared heritage and history. It also promotes our shared objective of advancing our people-to-people ties to strengthen our age-old bonds of friendship and cooperation.
2. His Excellency Santosh Jha, the High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, visited the Sri Sambodhi Maha Vihara Temple on this day and took a walk-through of the exhibition. He joined the Pooja ceremony along with the Chief Prelate of the ‘Sri Sambodhi Viharaya’ and Chairperson of 'Bauddhaya' TV Channel Ven. Boralande Wajiragnana Thero.
3. This Buddhist exhibition is second in the mobile exhibition series that will be showcased by High Commission in temples at different Buddhist places of worship on every Poya day for this year. The inaugural exhibit was held at Kalutara Bodhi on Navam Poya on February 23, 2024 and received the appreciation of over thousand devotees.
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Colombo
24 March 2024
PR-Sinhala-India’s rich Buddhist Heritage to be showcased at Buddhist Templesacross Sri Lanka on every Poya Day
