Betel: The Sheaf of Greeting in Sri Lanka
Maureen Seneviratne By rising to greet him from afarShe circumvents their sitting on one seat; by the pretext of fixing ...
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Cave Temples of Dambulla: A Record of Beauty in Painting and Sculpture
Swarnamali Seneviratne A happy blend of antiquity and richly textured artistic splendour cloaks the entire vicinity where the historic Dambulla ...
A touch of beauty in Silver
Lasanda Kurukulasuriya It should come as no surprise that the item most sought after by tourists shopping in Sri Lanka ...
Ancient Bronzes from Polonnaruwa
Maureen Seneviratne A beautiful bronze of Tara in seated position Discovered by the then Archaeological Commissioner, H.C.P. Bell in 1907 ...
Moonstone Step into Sanctuary
Renuka Jeya Raj Of all the many mediums through which the versatile craftsmen of yore sought to express themselves, sculpture ...
Birds of many feathers: Parrots and Parakeets at Dehiwela Zoo
Jeya Rutnam If you are a tropical bird enthusiast, then the Dehiwela Zoo is the place for you. Amidst a ...
Refreshing Thambili in Nature’s Goblet
Theja Weeratne The wayside vendors or pavement hawkers are a common yet popular sight in Sri Lanka selling their wares ...
High Life in a High Rise
Chitra Ranawake If you zoomed in suddenly upon Sigiriya the Lion Rock (Sinha-Giriya) rising starkly into the sky you would imagine ...
Ruhunu National Park: A Bird Watchers’ Paradise
Fred R Malvenna Watching Birds : The winged ones can be a most interesting and time absorbing past time for ...
The Kandyan Regalia
On the 13th June 1820 one of the most famous auction sales ever to be held in London took place ...