Visit Historical Sri Lanka Pilgrimage Places

Sri Lanka is known for its rich Buddhist culture and history and offers many places of religious and historic significance. Visit Sri Lanka with Cross Tours Group Package and Explore Various Historical Pilgrimage Places. We offer Best Sri Lanka Group Package Tour From Mumbai. There are Various Pilgrimage Places you Can visit are.

Anuradhapura

A central Buddhist city, holding many Temples and Stupa. The city offers pilgrims a religious experience. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and one of the eight World Heritage Sites of Sri Lanka. The city, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was the center of Theravada Buddhism for many centuries. The ancient city, considered sacred to the Buddhist world, is today surrounded by monasteries covering an area of over sixteen square miles

Temple of Tooth

Known as Dalda Maligawa is located in the city of Kandy. It is one of the most sacred Buddhist pilgrimage sites and houses the sacred tooth of Lord Buddha. The tooth was said to be taken from the flames of Buddha's funeral pyre in 543 BC and was smuggled into Sri Lanka during the 4th century AD, hidden in the hair of princess.

The temple took nearly 100 years to construct. The construction was started in 1687 and finished in 1782. It is an imposing pink-painted structure, surrounded by a deep moat. . Daily rituals are performed three times a day-at 4.30 a.m., 10.30 a.m and 6.30 p.m. respectively. Person wearing shorts is not allowed to enter in this temple and shoes must be removed before entering.

Kataragama

A popular place of pilgrimage for the Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim and indigenous Vedda communities of Sri Lanka and South India. The god Muruga is the main deity. People from South India also come there to worship. It houses the ancient Kiri Vehera Buddhist stupa. Kataragamam temple in Kataragama, Sri Lanka, is a Hindu and Buddhist temple complex dedicated to Skanda-Murukan also known as Kataragama deviyo. It is one of the few religious sites in Sri Lanka that is venerated by the majority Sinhala Buddhists, Hindu

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