Most Ven Pallegama Hemarathana Nayake Thera, Chief Incumbent of the Great Eight Buddhist Shrines (Atamasthanadhipathi) of Anuradhapura, visited the Jambudvipa Sri Lanka Buddhist Temple in Sarnath, ...

The Sinhala translation of Jataka Tales, a large collection of Buddhist stories, was launched in Colombo on the occasion of ...

Ven Wathawana Sirisumana Nayake Thera was conferred the title Deputy Chief Sangha Nayake of the Kotte Raja Maha Vihara ...

When I think of ‘Gangaramaya Navam Perahera’ the name of the then chief incumbent thera, Venerable Galaboda Gnanissara Thero (Podihamuduruwo), comes to my mind. He passed away on 2nd August last year ...

In addition to the book launch, the High Commission also hosted the second edition of the ‘Buddham Sharanam Gacchami’ mobile exhibition at Kelaniya Raja Maha ... Buddhist teachings. The exhibition ...

On the evening of January 7, a gunman fired two shots near a side entrance to the temple complex. Former Cambodian lawmaker Lim Kimya was murdered at point-blank range on Thanon Bowon Niwet as he ...

The 77th Independence Day was commemorated with a grand celebration at the Sri Lankan High Commission in New Delhi on Feb 4. The event, organized at the invitation of Priyanga Wickramasinghe, Deputy ...

Also that it was against the law to build a Hindu place of worship in the place where there was an ancient Buddhist temple. Officers of the Archaeological Department M.V.G.K. Asanga and I.P.S.

The Kingdom of Kotte named after Kotte, the then capital of Sri Lanka first ruled by King Parakramabahu VI (1414-1467) ...

Indian High Commission in Colombo marked a significant milestone with the launch of the Sinhala translations of five Jataka Tales Amar Chitra Katha comic books on Navam Full Moon ...