Investigators want to determine whether the widely shared photo is a false or real image of a relic that can be seen in the temple from Friday. Pilgrims cannot bring bags or backpacks to the temple, and there is a complete ban on using mobile phones.
“If someone took a photo inside the temple, this is a serious violation of security,” said the AFP policeman, ensuring that “inside the building there is a significant number of officers dressed in civilian.” The services stated that during the 10-day presentation of the relics to the city, 10,000 were delegated. policemen.
Crowds before entering the temple
The police also announced that on Friday for two and a half hours, when the relic was presented to pilgrims, some of them gave her about 125,000. people, among them the president of the country Anura Kumara Dissanayake, politicians and diplomats. Before the 16th-century temple, a crowd stretched over two kilometers gathered.
The subject of worship will be available until April 27. Lanksian Buddhists believe that the relic is the left Buddha's Fang. The faithful believe that this is not only a cult of worship, but also a symbol of a sovereign state.
During the last presentation in March 2009, over a million people came to worship this relic.
