Sambuddhathva Jayanthi:

Buddha’s Hair Relics exposition from May 7 to 15

Priyanka KURUGALA

An exposition of the Buddha’s hair relics will be held at the Hunupitiya Gangarama Temple from May 7 to 15 to commemorate the 2600th Sambuddhathva Jayanthi, a spokesman for the temple said.

This will be followed by an exposition of the Buddha’s Hair Relics at the Kalutara Bodhi for three days, the spokesman said. Presidential Coordinating Secretary of Religious Affairs Ven Getamanne Gunnananda Thera said that the Buddha’s Hair Relics presented to Sri Lanka by Bangladesh is the greatest sacred gift to mark the 2600th Sambuddhathva Jayanthi.

The Buddha’s hair relics are deposited at the Hunupitiya Gangarama Temple.

The Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina had given the sacred relics enshrined in a Buddhist Monastery in Chittagong to President Rajapaksa on his request for one 2600th Sambuddhathva Jayanthi.