India’s rich Buddhist Heritage to be showcased at Buddhist Temples across Lanka every Poya Day

High Commission of India in Colombo held a Buddhist Exhibition at the Sri Sambodhi Maha Vihara Temple on the occasion of Medin Poya yesterday. The exhibition showcases India’s rich Buddhist heritage with a series of photographs depicting significant episodes from the life of Buddha and some of the prominent Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India. It underlines our deep cultural connect and shared heritage and history. It also promotes our shared objective of advancing our people-to-people ties to strengthen our age-old bonds of friendship and cooperation.

Santosh Jha, the High Commissioner of India in Sri Lanka, visited the Sri Sambodhi Maha Vihara Temple on this day and took a walk-through of the exhibition. He joined the Pooja ceremony along with the Chief incumbent of the ‘Sri Sambodhi Viharaya’ and Chairperson of Bauddhaya TV Channel Ven. Boralande Wajiragnana Thero.

This Buddhist exhibition is second in the mobile exhibition series that will be showcased by the High Commission in temples at different Buddhist places of worship on every Poya day for this year. The inaugural exhibit was held at Kalutara Bodhi on Navam Poya on February 23, 2024 and received the appreciation of over thousand devotees.