Sri Lanka, Feb. 5 -- Hundreds of devotees have been flocking to Gangaramaya Temple in Hunupitiya since this morning (05) to pay homage to the sacred Devnimori relics of Lord Buddha, brought from India's Gujarat state.

The exposition of the sacred Devnimori relics commenced this morning.

The exposition will be held at the Gangaramaya Temple for seven days till February 11.

The Sacred Devnimori relics of Lord Buddha, discovered during excavations in the 1960s at the historic Devnimori site in Gujarat, India have never previously been taken outside India.

The excavation was conducted around a stupa within a Buddhist monastic complex.

Two relic caskets were unearthed at the site and the Sacred Relics of the Lord Buddha were found within ...