
A Sri Lankan Buddhist devotee offers prayers during the public holiday Poya Day at the Kelaniya Temple in Kelaniya on July 14, 2011. The predominantly Buddhist country marks every full moon as a key religious holiday, or Poya Day. Buddhism was brought to the island nation from neighbouring India over 2,600 years ago. Over seventy percent of Sri Lanka's population practice Buddhism. By Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images.
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