Relic Of The Tooth Of The Buddha
The Sacred Relic of the tooth of Buddha (Sinhala:දන්ත ධාතුව) (Buddh-dantya) is venerated in Sri Lanka as a relic (cetiya) of the founder of Buddhism.
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