The spiritual ceremony wishing people of the world to be free from the three unwholesome roots and live peaceful lives is scheduled to commence at 9.00am at the Heenatikumbura Purana Viharaya in ...

New Delhi: Purana Qila's light and sound show is making a comeback after a five-year gap. On Tuesday, India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) conducted a trial of the show, which will be ...

A fire at Zaman Tower, a multi-storey building at Purana Paltan's Culvert Road that erupted on Wednesday morning, has been brought under control, the Fire Service and Civil Defence said.

Unlike Manorani, mothers in both the North and South, whose children disappeared, had no means of reaching out to a state minister in the dead of night, begging for help or even sharing the ...

Commencing with Premakeerthi de Alwis in 1986 and concluding with Lasantha Wickrematunge in 2009, 40 accredited Sri Lankan journalists and media personnel, 31 of them of Tamil, have been murdered or ...

After almost 30 years later the Nagadeepa Buddhist Vihara is open to the people. Nagadeepa is very special for Sri Lankan Buddhists as Lord Buddha visited this place around 2,500 years ago. The ...

Bodhipala said he had been visiting Sri Lanka three times a year since 1999 and was a guest of Siri Perakumba Viharaya, Pita Kotte. The Nagadeepa Purana Rajamaha Viharaya in Nainativu also survived ...

20 million. The statue was stolen from the Karahampitigoda Khettarama Purana Viharaya, a temple affiliated with the historic Devanagala Rajamaha Viharaya in Mawanella, the police said. The Chief ...

Chief Incumbent of Nagadeepa Raja Maha Viharaya and Chief Sangha Nayaka of Northern Province, Most Venerable Navandagala Paduma Kiththi Tissa Thero and other religious leaders and the people of Jaffna ...

After lunch, all members of our party walked about a kilometre to visit Nagadeepa Viharaya. There we were entertained by the chief incumbent of the viharaya who offered blessings on us. At the end of ...

It has been reported that some Northern Provincial Council (NPC) members have initiated moves to change the name of Nagadeepa to Nainathivu, triggering polarization of opinion back to the feverish ...