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WOMEN WORSHIPPERS AT TEMPLE OF THE SACRED TOOTH OF BUDDHA
| These Buddhist nuns have passed many hours in prayer before the seven golden and jewelled shrines at Kandy, which protect the palladium of Ceylon, object of deepest veneration to many millions of people, the Tooth of Guatama Buddha. This revered relic, which arrived in Ceylon in the fourth century, is upheld by a twist of golden wire from the heart of a large golden lotus blossom |