Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a special gift, a replica of the Samadhi Buddha Statue, from a "special friend" Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena after the two leaders met on Sunday.

PM Modi Gets Samadhi Buddha Statue As Gift From Lankan President Sirisena Prime Minister Modi arrived in Sri Lanka on Sunday for a day-long visit and met with President Sirisena and discussed ...

The 65 feet tall Samadhi Statue of the Buddha in Rambodagalle Viharaya is a reality today and a lasting tribute to Mr Eswaran’s selfless contribution towards Buddhism.

The 15-foot Statue, which is the largest Brass Cast Buddha Statue in Sri Lanka, was manufactured by Mr. Aloy Jayawardene (President Emeritus, Sri Lanka Chamber of Small and Medium Industries) at ...

The statue was found in 1888, with the nose damaged, at the very site it is now in. Ravenhart in his “Ceylon – History in Stone” says that the repaired nose is over sharp and overlarge. Perhaps the ...

Pix and text by Kanchana Kumara Ariyadasa A six-foot Samadhi Buddha statue carved from a massive white rock formation was ceremonially installed at Rangiri Dambulla National School grounds on June 6, ...

The statue which took two years to complete is reportedly the largest representation of the sitting Buddha in the Western hemi-sphere. It was constructed mostly by volunteers and a special monk flown ...