According to the legend there was an internal strife in Kalingadesha of India (modern Orissa) and the left Tooth Relic of the Buddha (Vamadhata Dhatu) which was at that time in Dantapura of Kalinga (371 A.D, modern Orissa, India) was in danger to be destroyed.

In order to ensure the Sacred Tooth Relic’s safety Prince Danta and Princess Hemamali disguised themselves as wandering mendicants with the Trisula and water pots, and Hemamali concealing the Sacred Tooth Relic in the knot of her hair reached Sri Lanka.

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Sanghamitta (Sanghamitra in Sanskrit) was the daughter of Emperor Ashoka and his Buddhist queen Devi. Together with Venerable Mahinda, her twin brother, she entered an order of Buddhist monks. The two siblings later went to Sri Lanka to spread the teachings of Buddha. Ashoka was initially reluctant to send his daughter on an overseas mission, but because of the insistence of Sanghamitta herself, he finally agreed. She was sent to Sri Lanka together with several other nuns to start the nun-lineage (Bhikkhuni) after some female royalty from Sri Lanka court requested to be ordained as nuns..

Her day of honor is every Winter Solstice.

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The Visuddhimagga ("The path to purity") is the largest ancient compendium on Buddhism written by the Great Commentator Buddhaghosa approximately in 430 CE in Sri Lanka. It is considered one of the most important Buddhist scriptures and considered "the" Meditation Manual used even in Japanese Zen describing the progression from the purity of discipline to realization of ultimate peace, Nirvana, in seven steps.

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Solias Mendis' wall mural depicting the Buddha amongst his monks, being venerated by lay followers and heavenly beings. The original artwork is found in the ancient Kelaniya temple near Colombo, Sri Lanka and was completed in the 1930s.

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