On 25 January 2013, H.E. Mr. Poldej Worachat, Thai Ambasssador to Sri Lanka attended the opening ceremony of the public display of the Buddha relic at Sri Subhuti Maha Viharaya Temple in Waskaduwa, Sri Lanka. The opening ceremomy was presided by
H.E. Mr. Mahinda Rajapaksa, the President of Sri Lanka.

The displayed Buddha relic belonged to the Chief Incumbent of Sri Subhuti Maha Viharaya. It was discovered in Kapilavastu, India, by Sir Alexander Cunningham in 1898. The discovery became a great success thanks to Venerable Rajaguru Waskaduwe Sri Subhuti Thero, the Chief of Sri Subhuti Maha Viharaya Temple in the period. As a great expert of ancient foreign language, he helped Sir Cunningham to translate the inscription on the relic container so they can identify that the relics was the Buddha’s. Consequently, Sir Cunningham gave some part of the found relics to the Vevenrable as a token of appreciation and it was kept at the temple up to the present.

The public display of the relic was held on 25-27 January 2013. It could draw 400,000 worshippers to the temple during the 3 days. Another part of the relic from Kapilavastu is also at the Indian National Museum in New Delhi and the Golden Mount in Saket Temple in Bangkok. Also, the relic of Sri
Subhuti Maha Viharaya Temple was also partly given to His Royal Highness Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn by Venerable Shasthrapathi Waskaduwe Mahindawansa Maha Nakaya Thero, the current Chief Incumbent of Sri Subhuti Maha Viharaya in 2000.