The prime minister visited one of Sri Lanka's oldest Buddhist Seema Malaka temple and took part in the traditional lamp-lighting ceremony. Modi, accompanied by Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil ...

After 14 years in hiding, when King Valagamba finally returned to reclaim his throne in Anuradhapura around 89 BCE, he paid ...

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — Gunmen stormed a Buddhist temple in eastern Sri Lanka and shot dead the chief monk, and the military said four Tamil Tiger rebels were killed in clashes with soldiers in the ...

KANDY, Sri Lanka— Buddhist mobs swept through Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka’s central hills, destroying stores and restaurants and setting homes on fire despite a curfew, a state of ...

Sri Lanka Declares Emergency Amid Buddhist ... AFP/Getty Images ... after Buddhist mobs attacked their homes Wednesday morning accusing them of stealing the donation box of a nearby temple.

Colombo, Sri Lanka, Jan 14, 2015 / 14:31 pm. On Wednesday evening following his scheduled events, Pope Francis made a brief, unplanned visit to a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka in a gesture of ...

On Sunday evening, more than 30 people gathered at the Minnesota Buddhist Vihara in north Minneapolis to send peaceful energy and blessings to the victims of the attacks in Sri Lanka.

A Buddhist monk set himself on fire in Sri Lanka to protest the slaughter of cattle for their meat, authorities said Friday. It was the first attempt at self-immolation by a monk in that country. &… ...

Pope Francis made a spontaneous visit to a Buddhist temple Wednesday afternoon during his two-day visit to this island nation in what appears to be the second such visit by a pope. Vatican ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ends his two-day visit to Sri Lanka with a visit to a historic Buddhist temple on the outskirts of the capital Colombo. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).

Buddhist mobs swept through Muslim neighborhoods in Sri Lanka's central hills, destroying stores and restaurants and setting homes on fire despite a curfew, a state of emergency and a heavy ...