Public urged not to join queues to venerate sacred Devnimori relics at Gangaramaya
February 10, 2026 10:09 pm
The general public has been urged not to join the queues to venerate the sacred Devnimori relics at the Hunupitiya Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo.
The exposition of the sacred Devnimori relics of Lord Buddha commenced on February 04. The public veneration at the Gangaramaya Temple is scheduled to conclude at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow.
As a large number of devotees are still awaiting to pay homage to the sacred relics, Police requested the public not to join the queues in the interest of public safety and orderly crowd management.
The Sacred Devnimori relics of Lord Buddha, discovered during excavations in the 1960s at the historic Devnimori site in Gujarat, India have never previously been taken outside India.
A group of Indian officials, including the Governor of Madhya Pradesh, Mangubhai C. Patel, and the Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Chowna Mein, arrived in Sri Lanka yesterday (09) to accompany the relics back to India.
