If the Ramayana is a myth, an epic created in India revolving around Sita, Ram and Raavan the king of “Lanka”, promoting the ...

Included are the following scenes: the Buddha's visits to Sri Lanka, Emperor Asoka and King Devanampiyatissa, Devanampiyatissa's meeting with Thera Mahinda, sending of the Bodhi tree with Sanghamitta ...

Included are the following scenes: the Buddha's visits to Sri Lanka, Emperor Asoka and King Devanampiyatissa, Devanampiyatissa's meeting with Thera Mahinda, sending of the Bodhi tree with Sanghamitta ...

Under the agreement, the relics will be kept in Sri Lanka till fifth of next month during the annual celebrations marking the birth of Buddha called Vesakh Mela. Speaking on the occasion, the Sri ...

The presentation of the Buddha statue donated to Sri Lanka by Indonesia was held at the ’Dharmayathanaya’ in Bauddaloka Mawatha, Colombo recently under the patronage of Prime Minister Dinesh ...

COLOMBO, Aug. 23 (Xinhua)— China’s White Horse Temple donated a Buddha statue to Sri Lanka, on Thursday (22) at Dharmayathanaya Temple in Colombo. The chief incumbent of Dharmayathanaya Temple Ven.

The monk wound thin thread around and around each of our wrists until it resembled a bracelet. He deftly tied a knot. The red bands, never to be cut off, were a symbol of good luck, a way to remove ...

Sri Lanka has once again come under the scrutiny of the United Nations (UN), this time on the issue of violence against the Muslim minority in the country. The violence was said to be committed by ...

To this day, though controversial, Vishnu in Sri Lanka is a future Buddha, just as in India, Buddha is a former Vishnu.

The delegation of Sri Lankan Buddhist Monks arrived at rock carved Buddha at Jehanabad in the ... Pakistan Talking to media at Saidu Sharif Stupa today, senior Monk Dr Walpole Piyananda Thero ...

A group of Buddhist monks in Sri Lanka has urged all political parties to maintain Buddhism's primacy amid speculation of a Marxist party's rise to power in the highly contested presidential polls.

Sri Lanka's cricket board on Monday named Sanath Jayasuriya as the national team's head coach until the end of the Twenty20 World Cup in 2026. Sri Lanka are building a robust all-round Twenty20 ...