Srilanka, Feb. 5 -- Marking the commencement of the veneration of the Sacred Devnimori Relics of the Buddha, the first floral offering was made yesterday afternoon (04) by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.

This event follows discussions held between President Dissanayake and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the latter's visit to Sri Lanka. As a result of these discussions and through the personal intervention of Prime Minister Modi, with the full patronage of the Government of India, the Sacred Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha were brought to Sri Lanka.

The Sacred Relics were discovered during archaeological excavations carried out in the 1960s at the historic Devnimori archaeological site in the Aravalli District of Gujarat,...