{"id":77147,"date":"2018-05-04T16:13:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-04T23:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=77147"},"modified":"2018-05-04T16:13:51","modified_gmt":"2018-05-04T23:13:51","slug":"buddhas-relics-from-taxila-in-pakistan-are-being-exhibited-in-various-temples-in-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2018\/05\/04\/buddhas-relics-from-taxila-in-pakistan-are-being-exhibited-in-various-temples-in-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"Buddha\u2019s relics from Taxila in Pakistan are being exhibited in various temples in Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Colombo, May 4 (newsin.asia):\u00a0 The relics of Lord Buddha brought from Pakistan are now being exhibited at Purana Vajirakoth Viharaya, in Kalutara District.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The relics were received by Ven. Gonaduwe Gunananda Thero at the temple.\u00a0The relics are from the Dharmarajika Vihara at Taxila in Pakistan. The 3 rd.Century BC vihara was built at the time of Emperor Ashoka.<\/p>\n<p>Thereafter, the relics will be taken to Galle (5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May at\u00a0Sumanaramaya, Kumbalwella), Matara (6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0&amp; 7<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May at\u00a0Getambaruwa Raja Maha Vihara), Kurunegala (8<sup>th<\/sup>May at\u00a0Diyakalamulla Pirivena, Kuliyapitiya), Anuradhapura (9<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0&amp; 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May at\u00a0Sri Sarananda Maha Pirivena) and Kandy (11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May at\u00a0Balagollla Budhist Centre and 12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May at Ambanwela Raja Maha Vihara) for public exposition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Buddha\u2019s relics from Taxila in Pakistan are being exhibited in various temples in Sri Lanka\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/newsin.asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Most-Sacred-Relics-of-Lord-Buddha-arrived-at-Kalutara-District-for-Public-exposition.jpg?fit=701%2C526&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"Buddha\u2019s relics from Taxila in Pakistan are being exhibited in various temples in Sri Lanka\" width=\"528\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The relics then be will be brought back to Colombo on 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May, for a three day exposition at the Gangaramaya Viharasthanaya, says a release from the Pakistan High Commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy NewsIn.Asia Colombo, May 4 (newsin.asia):\u00a0 The relics of Lord Buddha brought from Pakistan are now being exhibited at Purana Vajirakoth Viharaya, in Kalutara District. The relics were received by Ven. Gonaduwe Gunananda Thero at the temple.\u00a0The relics are from the Dharmarajika Vihara at Taxila in Pakistan. The 3 rd.Century BC vihara was built at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddhism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}