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 ...

The Upali Group of Companies, together with its employees and sales agents across the country, held religious ceremonies ...

PRAYAGRAJ, (Reuters) – The 2025 Maha Kumbh Mela, one of the world’s largest religious gatherings, is being managed with cutting-edge technology to improve safety and crowd control.

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

SRI Lankan monk Buddhaghosa with three copies of the meditation text he composed called the “Visuddhimagga, Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara.” The text is sacred to Theravada Buddhists. Most people love love ...

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

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

During a ‘dog fight’ that morning over the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara, a Japanese Zero fighter shot down a British fighter plane. When the pilot bailed out, the Japanese aircraft circled and came back ...

The Upali Group of Companies, its employees and sales agents countrywide, have made arrangements to invoke blessings on its founder, Upali Wijewardene, who disappeared in his Lear jet 42 years ago.

Buddhist devotees engage in various religious observances at the Kelaniya Raja Maha Vihara today (19) in view of Binara Full Moon Poya Day. Binara Poya marks the beginning of the Vas season in which ...

open image in gallery Devotees seen trying to cross a barricade at the site of stampede amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh Mela (AFP via Getty) Several eyewitnesses described being stuck between the ...

Multiple casualties were feared after a "stampede-like" situation broke out at the Sangam on Wednesday amid the ongoing Maha Kumbh, as a large number of pilgrims turned up for a holy bath on Mauni ...