The Sinhala New Year, also known as Puduvaruddam by the Tamil community is probably the most widely celebrated festival in Sri Lanka. For most Sri Lankans, especially those who live in the city, ...

The president issued a message for the Hindu festival of lights being celebrated today. An opportunity to ‘end the political ...

Author Asiff Hussein , known for his extensive research on the culture and traditions of Sri Lanka’s Muslim communities ...

The last two projects aim to break the Sinhala Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka ... and animosity against the King of Lanka. Interestingly, the Dussehra festival (Raavan Dahan) is not celebrated ...

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Sri Lanka has lots of cultural events, so there will be a special focus on those. Visitors can also learn and experience our National Day celebrations which will fall during the event." ...

Hindu devotees hold oil lamps to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri ...

In what amounted to a refreshing change for the politically-conscious of Sri Lanka and the world, the Longsuffering of the ...

In Thailand, Sinhalese Buddhism made major inroads first in the peninsula in South Thailand - Nakhon Si Thammarat (NST) whose monks had gone to Sri Lanka, studied and received upasampada. In the 13th ...

Sri Lanka’s so-called “political earthquake” saw the election of a president from outside the traditional political elites ...

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