"The Historical Ancient Temple of Sri Dalada Delgamuwa Vihara "
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"Ekha datha Thidasa Pure"
Eka Naga Pure Ahu
Ekha Gandhara Visaye
Ekhasi puna Seehale
According to the above mentioned reputed stanza(Gatha) in which mentions the four main sacred Tooth Relics of Lanka. It is our lord Buddha's left sacred Tooth Relic.
After cessation of the lord Buddha, this sacred Tooth Relic was secretly taken by one Arahath Khema from the sandun pire on the occasion of the cremation of the Lord Buddha and offered to the king Bambadath in the city of Benarese for worshiping.
Since then,consecutively, by the 3rd century A.D, this sacred Tooth relic belonged to the king, Guhaseeha, the king of Kalingurata in Danthapura. In that occasion, when another king called Kshieradhara declared war claiming for the sacred Tooth Relic from the king Guhaseeha, he handed over the sacred Tooth Relic to his daughter, Hemamala and his Son-in-law, the price Dantha and dispatched to Sri Lanka.
